Reaching the right facility for emergency patients - destinations of patients transported by emergency medical services in Kigali, Rwanda

Reaching the right facility for emergency patients - destinations of patients transported by emergency medical services in Kigali, Rwanda

Abstract Background Ensuring that emergency patients reach the right healthcare facility at the right time is a key component of providing quality emergency care. Rwanda’s prehospital emergency care system, Service D’Aide Médicale Urgente (SAMU), was established in 2007 to provide prehospital emerge...

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Main Authors: Ephrem Daniel Sheferaw, Barnabas Alyande, Oda Munyura, Assuman Nuhu, Aurore Nishimwe, Jeanne Nyinawankusi, Jean Marie Uwitonze, Jean Nepomuscene Sindikubwabo, Irene Bagahirwa, Didier Hagumimana, Fabien Hagenimana, Collins Fred Inkotanyi, Jean Claude Semuto, Gilbert Rukundo, Agnieszka Ignatowicz, Lucia D’Ambruoso, Philbert Muhire, Sudha Jayaraman, Emmy Agabe Nkusi, Laura Quinn, Abebe Bekele, Jean Claude Byiringiro, Justine Davies
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-04-01
Series:International Journal of Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
Ambulance
Emergency medical services (EMS)
Service D’Aide Médicale Urgente (SAMU)
Rwanda
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12245-025-00853-z
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