PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Arellano, Naira
AU  - Mello, Michael J
AU  - Clark, Melissa A
TI  - The role of motorcycle taxi drivers in the pre-hospital care of road traffic injury victims in rural Dominican Republic
AID  - 10.1136/ip.2009.025627
DP  - 2010 Aug 01
TA  - Injury Prevention
PG  - 272--274
VI  - 16
IP  - 4
4099  - http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/16/4/272.short
4100  - http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/16/4/272.full
SO  - Inj Prev2010 Aug 01; 16
AB  - 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.