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Workshop On Building the Arab Mashreq Road Safety Partnership
AMRSP
October 21-22, 2008
Doha - Qatar
Regional Needs Of
Road Safety Medical Aspect
Wahid AlKharusi
FRCS
Member UNRSC
Member BJD-ISC
OMAN
Requirements and Best Practices
• Capacity Building
• Knowledge Sharing and Transfer
• Data collection
• Research• Political Will
• Safety Belts• Helmets.• Children
Constraints.• Drink Driving• Speed Control
Multi-Sectorial Approach
Medical Aspects of RTC & Injuries
Holistic Approach
Prevention - Acute Care- Definitive care -
Rehabilitation to Social Re-Integration
Prevention
• Advocacy and Awareness
• Community Based Preventive Programs
Concentrate and Advocate
• Driving Etiquettes
• Best Practices
• Enforcement of Legislation
• Work for Surveillance and road infrastructure
• Medical Community Service for Repeated Offenders
On Site Medical Care and Transportation
• Emergency Medical System Service (EMS)
• Well trained EMT and appropriately
equipped Ambulances
• Full coverage and response time.
• Appropriate Handing Over.
• Trained Medical Dispatchers
• Civil defense extraction experts.
Emergency Room
• Proper Triage by trained experts.• Trained Personnel with definitive tasks.• Properly equipped• Easy access for Radiology, ICU and
operating rooms.• Repeated Drills• Psychological support for victims and their
families
Intensive Care Units - ICU
• Ratio to Injuries.
• Trained Trauma Health Care Providers.
• Proper Bed : Nurse ratio.
• Properly equipped.
• Endorsed Standard Operating Procedures.
• Preventive regular equipment maintenance.
Operating Rooms
• Well Equipped and Manned
• Round the clock Access.
Definitive Care• Specialized care
with supportive services.
• Round the Clock diagnostic facilities.
• Concept of Trauma Vs Orthopedics Surgeons.
• Specialized nursing care - ( Wound Care)
Rehabilitation
• General physiotherapy
• Orthotics and prosthetics
• Occupational and speech therapy
• Specialized Head and Spinal Units.
• Bladder and bowel specialists.
• Psychological and social support to victims and family.
Social Re-Integration
• Evaluation, re-education and training of rehabilitated victims of RTC.
• Re-introduction into the society
• Building up of self-esteem and positive expectations.
• Facilities for assisted living.
• Legislation for employment
Level Of Care
Acceptable Basic Standards Of Trauma Care especially in our region and in Low and Middle Income countries
Carl Brighton-BJD Initiative
Regional definition of Death.
The Community
• Information Transfer• Impact on civil society Direct/Indirect• Impact on GDP and Sustainable
Development.• Degradation of financial and social status
post crash of the family in fatality and disability.
• Community involvement.
Recommendations Of The World Report On Road Traffic Injury
Prevention
5. Implement specific actions to prevent road traffic crashes, minimize injuries and their consequences and evaluate the impact of these problems.
Importance of Data
Data collection. Analysis. extrapolation and shared.
1. For Community based preventive programs.
2. Budget allocation. 3. Political Will 4. Build a government- private- corporate
partnership.
Recommendations
1. Consolidate the prevention tools and also work and encourage EMS, acceptable Trauma care, proper Rehabilitation, and aggressive social integration.
2. Develop handbook on how to advocate for Political Will.
3. Encouraging a pragmatic and a realistic national action Plan on Road Safety.
4. Encourage Regional dialogue and cooperation.
Thank You