Citation

Arellano N, Mello MJ, Clark MA. Inj. Prev. 2010; 16(4): 272-274.

Affiliation

Injury Prevention Center at Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/ip.2009.025627

PMID

20587812

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.

Language: en