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View article: Emergency care with lay responders in underserved populations: a systematic review
Emergency care with lay responders in underserved populations: a systematic review Open
First aid education and task shifting to laypeople for emergency care may reduce patient morbidity and mortality and build community capacity to manage health emergencies for a variety of emergency conditions in underserved and low-resourc…
View article: Experiential interprofessional education for medical students at a regional medical campus
Experiential interprofessional education for medical students at a regional medical campus Open
Background: Regional medical campuses are often challenged with providing effective interprofessional education (IPE) opportunities for medical students that are comparable to those at main campuses. At distributed teaching sites, there is…
View article: An environmental scan of emergency response systems and services in remote First Nations communities in Northern Ontario
An environmental scan of emergency response systems and services in remote First Nations communities in Northern Ontario Open
Existing first response, paramedical, and ambulance service models do not meet the unique geographical, epidemiological and cultural needs in most NAN communities. Sustainable, context-appropriate, and culturally relevant emergency care sy…
View article: Health effects of training laypeople to deliver emergency care in underserviced populations: a systematic review protocol
Health effects of training laypeople to deliver emergency care in underserviced populations: a systematic review protocol Open
Introduction The Disease Control Priorities Project recommends emergency care training for laypersons in low-resource settings, but evidence for these interventions has not yet been systematically reviewed. This review will identify the in…