title: The role of motorcycle taxi drivers in the pre-hospital care of road traffic injury victims in rural Dominican Republic.
abstract: This study explored the role of motorcycle taxi drivers in the pre-hospital care of road traffic injury victims in the province of Monte Plata, Dominican Republic. A cross-sectional survey was administered to a convenience sample of 58 motorcycle taxi drivers working at six different highway taxi posts. The majority of drivers surveyed (67.2%) indicated witnessing a motor vehicle crash. The most common type of help drivers reported providing was transportation of crash victims (41%). Only 15.8% of drivers had ever attended a first-aid course but 84.5% expressed interest in attending a course if given the opportunity.
authors.affiliation: Injury Prevention Center at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island 02906, USA. nairaarellano@gmail.com
authors.forename: Naira
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Arellano
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Mello
authors.forename: Melissa A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004293:Dominican Republic / Q000453:epidemiology; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005392:First Aid / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009049:Motorcycles; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult