2021
Emergency care with lay responders in underserved populations: a systematic review
Orkin A, Venugopal J, Curran J, Fortune M, McArthur A, Mew E, Ritchie S, Drennan I, Exley A, Jamieson R, Johnson D, MacPherson A, Martiniuk A, McDonald N, Osei-Ampofo M, Wegier P, Van de Velde S, VanderBurgh D. Emergency care with lay responders in underserved populations: a systematic review. Bulletin Of The World Health Organization 2021, 99: 514-528h. PMID: 34248224, PMCID: PMC8243031, DOI: 10.2471/blt.20.270249.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsDelivery of Health CareEmergency Medical ServicesEmergency TreatmentFirst AidHumansMedically Underserved AreaConceptsLow-resource settingsEmergency careOpioid poisoningUnderserved populationsLow-resource populationsEmergency care trainingCommunity health effectsPediatric malariaMiddle-income countriesCardiac arrestPatient morbidityStudy eligibilityEligible studiesPatient outcomesHigh-income countriesInclusion criteriaAdditional grey literatureHealth of individualsRisk populationsCare professionalsModerate qualitySystematic reviewCommunicable diseasesCare trainingMost studies
2016
Health effects of training laypeople to deliver emergency care in underserviced populations: a systematic review protocol
Orkin AM, Curran JD, Fortune MK, McArthur A, Mew EJ, Ritchie SD, Van de Velde S, VanderBurgh D. Health effects of training laypeople to deliver emergency care in underserviced populations: a systematic review protocol. BMJ Open 2016, 6: e010609. PMID: 27194315, PMCID: PMC4874171, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010609.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow-resource settingsEmergency care trainingUnderserviced populationsCare trainingDisease Control Priorities ProjectHealth effectsEmergency care capacityEmergency care interventionsEmergency health conditionsCommunity health effectsSystematic review protocolFull-text reviewFormal ethical approvalKnowledge translation strategiesElectronic bibliographic databasesCommunity health benefitsGrey literature sourcesCare interventionsCare capacityEmergency careEthical approvalPeer-reviewed publicationsPerformance biasAttrition biasSystematic review