Bystander intervention is associated with reduced early mortality among injury victims in Cameroon

Kathleen O’Connor, Matthew Driban, Rasheedat Oke, Fanny Nadia Dissak-Delon, Signe Mary Magdalene Tanjong, Tchekep Mirene, Mbeya Dieudonne, Thompson Kinge, Richard L Njock, Daniel N Nkusu, Jean-Gustave Tsiagadigui, Cyrille Edouka, Catherine Wonja, Zachary Eisner, Peter Delaney, Catherine Julliard, Alain Chichom-Mefire and S Ariane Christie

PLOS Global Public Health, 2024, vol. 4, issue 7, 1-10

Abstract: Despite high injury mortality rates, Cameroon currently lacks a formal prehospital care system. In other sub-Saharan African low and middle-income countries, Lay First Responder (LFR) programs have trained non-medical professionals with high work-related exposure to injury in principles of basic trauma care. To develop a context-appropriate LFR program in Cameroon, we used trauma registry data to understand current layperson bystander involvement in prehospital care and explore associations between current non-formally trained bystander-provided prehospital care and clinical outcomes. The Cameroon Trauma Registry (CTR) is a longitudinal, prospective, multisite trauma registry cohort capturing data on injured patients presenting to four hospitals in Cameroon. We assessed prevalence and patterns of prehospital scene care among all patients enrolled the CTR in 2020. Associations between scene care, clinical status at presentation, and outcomes were tested using univariate and multivariate logistic regression. Injury severity was measured using the abbreviated injury score. Data were analyzed using Stata17. Of 2212 injured patients, 455 (21%) received prehospital care (PC) and 1699 (77%) did not receive care (NPC). Over 90% (424) of prehospital care was provided by persons without formal medical training. PC patients were more severely injured (p

Date: 2024
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