RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The role of motorcycle taxi drivers in the pre-hospital care of road traffic injury victims in rural Dominican Republic
JF Injury Prevention
JO Inj Prev
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 272
OP 274
DO 10.1136/ip.2009.025627
VO 16
IS 4
A1 Arellano, Naira
A1 Mello, Michael J
A1 Clark, Melissa A
YR 2010
UL http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/16/4/272.abstract
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.