Trauma reception and resuscitation in Sri Lanka: the Health for the South Capacity-Building project.
In response to the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, the Health for the South project, Capacity-Building programme was implemented in Galle, Sri Lanka. The objectives of the Capacity-Building programme were to develop the emergency and trauma service capability at Teaching Hospital Karapitiya in Galle. Over 15 months, ED clinicians, from the Alfred Hospital and Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne, provided training in the Emergency Treatment Unit of the main referral hospital for the south of Sri Lanka. This programme, completed in June 2008, significantly improved the hospital's ability to conduct trauma resuscitation, and to attain an increased level of disaster preparedness. In addition, valuable lessons were noted that will guide future initiatives in trauma care training in similar contexts.
Emergency and Trauma Centre, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. oreillygerard@hotmail.com
Gerard
G
O'Reilly
Mark
M
Fitzgerald
Pilane L
PL
Ariyananda
Krishantha
K
Jayasekera
Sue
S
Williams
Sally
S
Charlton
Simon
S
Young
Nicholas
N
Santeloudi
Kylie
K
Wilson
Jeremy
J
Stevens
D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; D003906:Developing Countries; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D036301:Qualitative Research; D013188:Sri Lanka; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000628:therapy*