title: Emergency medical services development in the Seychelles Islands.
abstract: The Republic of the Seychelles enjoys a sophisticated health care system by developing country standards. Basic food, water, sanitation, and preventative health care needs have been addressed and the Seychelles Ministry of Health has recently focused on the need to improve the country's emergency medical services (EMS). In response to this need, a joint international collaborative effort designed to improve the island's EMS was launched. This report profiles the current health care system in the Seychelles, with special emphasis on EMS. It also describes an international collaborative effort between the Seychelles Ministry of Health and the UCLA Center for International Emergency Medicine designed to improve existing EMS.
authors.affiliation: UCLA Center for International Emergency Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA. esavitsk@ucla.edu
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Savitsky
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Rehnborg
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ibarra
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003479:Curriculum; D003906:Developing Countries; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration; D004522:Educational Status; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D005544:Forecasting; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007391:International Cooperation; D007393:International Educational Exchange; D008017:Life Expectancy; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods; D012750:Seychelles / Q000453:epidemiology