References

2018. https//qspace.qu.edu.qa/handle/10576/11382 (accessed 18 October 2022)

Improving single male laborers’ health in Qatar. 2019. https//ssrn.com/abstract=3486167 (accessed 18 October 2022)

Al-Thani H, El-Menyar A, Pillay Y, Mollazehi M, Mekkodathil A, Consunji R Hospital mortality based on the mode of emergency medical services transportation. Air Med J. 2017; 36:(4)188-192 https//doi.org/10.1016/j.amj.2017.03.003

Al-Thani H, El-Menyar A, Asim M Evolution of the Qatar trauma system: the journey from inception to verification. J Emerg Trauma Shock. 2019; 12:(3)209-217 https//doi.org/10.4103/JETS.JETS_56_19

BBC. 2022. https//www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-17988453 (accessed 25 October 2022)

Bahadori M, Ravangard R Determining and prioritizing the organizational determinants of emergency medical services (EMS) in Iran. Iranian Red Crescent Med J. 2013; 15:(4) https//doi.org/10.5812/ircmj.2192

Bener A, Mazroei AA Health services management in Qatar. Croat Med J. 2010; 51:(1)85-88 https//doi.org/10.3325/cmj.2010.51.85

Black JJM, Davies GD International EMS systems: United Kingdom. Resuscitation. 2005; 64:21-29 https//doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2004.10.004

Çağatay U The effective management of the treasury real estates for solution of the urbanization problems. Suleyman Demirel University the Journal of Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences. 2012; 17:(3)385-400 https//dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/194381

Campbell C, Al Shaikh L, Saifeldeen K Validation of the pre-hospital Qatar Early Warning Score (QEWS) to determine transport priority. Journal of Emergency Medicine, Trauma and Acute Care. 2016; 2 https//doi.org/10.5339/jemtac.2016.icepq.104

Qatar ambulance service staff's perception on the quality-of-service delivery to patients. 2022a. https//doi.org/10.5339/jemtac.2022.qhc.54n

Carolus G, Singh KK, Abid JY An ambulance service evaluation of quality control measures based on patients’ perception in Qatar. Journal of Emergency Medicine, Trauma and Acute Care. 2022b; 55 https//doi.org/10.5339/jemtac.2022.qhc.55

Carter R The history and prehistory of pearling in the Persian Gulf. Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient. 2005; 48:(2)139-209 https//doi.org/10.1163/1568520054127149

Coleman G, Wiggins L Bringing humanity into view: action research with Qatar's ambulance service. J Health Organ Manag. 2017; 31:(5)581-597 https//doi.org/10.1108/JHOM-10-2016-0208

Djella A, Cembalo L, Furno M Is oil export a curse in developing economies? Evidence of paradox of plenty on food dependency. New Medit. 2019; 18:(4)51-63 https//doi.org/10.30682/nm1904d

Ekşi A Misuse of 112 emergency call services with regard to discussions on effectiveness and efficiency. Dokuz Eylul University Journal of Graduate School of Social Sciences. 2016; 18:(3)387-408 https//dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/deusosbil/issue/24375/258348

Ekşi Aİzmir: Kitapana Basım Yayım; 2017

Gangaram P, Menacho A, Alinier G Crisis resource management in relation to empowering people to speak up in emergency medical service clinical practice settings. J Paramed Pract. 2017; 9:(2)60-65 https//doi.org/10.12968/jpar.2017.9.2.60

Goodman A The development of the Qatar healthcare system: a review of the literature. Int J Clin Med. 2015; 6:177-185 https//doi.org/10.4236/ijcm.2015.63023

2017. https//tinyurl.com/bdcw3aa2 (accessed 18 October 2022)

Hamad Ambulance Service. 2022a. https//tinyurl.com/5a8mavtz (accessed 18 October 2022)

Hamad Ambulance Service. 2022b. https//tinyurl.com/2p8y83m8 (accessed 18 October 2022)

Hamad Ambulance Service. 2022c. https//tinyurl.com/mt8p4pfd (accessed 18 October 2022)

Howard I, Pillay B, Castle N Application of the emergency medical services trigger tool to measure adverse events in prehospital emergency care: a time series analysis. BMC Emerg Med. 2018; 18:(1) https//doi.org/10.1186/s12873-018-0195-0

Hutton D, Alinier G Ambulance service operational improvement. Int Paramed Pract. 2013; 3:(3)61-63 https//doi.org/10.12968/ippr.2013.3.3.61

Kamel H, Alinier G, Morris BD One year exploring Qatar's ambulance service: views from an emergency medicine fellow. Journal of Emergency Medicine, Trauma and Acute Care—International Conference in emergency medicine and Public Health—Qatar Proceedings. 2016; 2 https//doi.org/10.5339/jemtac.2016.icepq.139

Meyer JT, Campbell C, Hamzaou M Delivering of safe and effective CPR by means of an external chest compression device at Hamad Medical Corporation. Journal of Emergency Medicine, Trauma and Acute Care—International Conference in emergency medicine and Public Health—Qatar Proceedings. 2016; 2 https//doi.org/10.5339/jemtac.2016.icepq.82

Munk MD, White SD, Perry ML, Platt TE, Hardan MS, Stoy WA Physician medical direction and clinical performance at an established emergency medical services system. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2009; 13:(2)185-192 https//doi.org/10.1080/10903120802706120

2013. https//tinyurl.com/yzz8dzj9 (accessed 18 October 2018)

Paksoy VM Acil sağlık hizmetlerinde uluslararası uygulama modellerinin karşılaştırması: Anglo-Amerikan ve Franko-German modeli (in Turkish). Journal of Inonu University Health Services Vocational School. 2016; 4:(1)6-24 https//dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/448522

Pathan SA, Soulek J, Qureshi I Helicopter EMS and rapid transport for ST-elevation myocardial infarction: the HEARTS study. Journal of Emergency Medicine, Trauma and Acute Care. 2017; 1:(8) https//doi.org/10.5339/jemtac.2017.8

Planning and Statistics Authority. 2022. https//www.psa.gov.qa/en/statistics1/StatisticsSite/pages/population.aspx (accessed 18 October 2022)

Resmî Gazete. 2012. https//www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2012/04/20120410-3.htm (accessed 29 October 2022)

Şimşek P, Günaydın M, Gündüz A Pre-hospital emergency health services: the case of Turkiye. Gümüşhane University J Health Sci. 2019; 8:(1)120-127 https//dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/682094

Turkey Statistical Institute. 2022. https//tinyurl.com/ypwaxpuh (accessed 26 June 2022)

Wilson MH, Habig K, Wright C, Hughes A, Davies G, Imray CH Pre-hospital emergency medicine. Lancet. 2015; 386:(10012)2526-2534 https//doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00985-X

Wilson P, Alinier G, Reimann T, Morris B Influential factors on urban and rural response times for emergency ambulances in Qatar. Mediterran J Emerg Med. 2017; 26:8-13 https//doi.org/10.26738/MJEM.2017/mjem26.2018/GA.OAE.070617

World Population Review. 2022. https//worldpopulationreview.com/countries/qatar-population (accessed 18 October 2022)

professional
international
innovation
prehospital

Prehospital emergency health services in Qatar

02 November 2022
Features
02 November 2022
Volume 14 · Issue 11

Abstract

The provision of prehospital emergency healthcare around the world varies greatly. Each country implements a delivery model according to its own economy, population, culture, policy and geography, including Qatar. In the past decade, in preparation to host the FIFA 2022 World Cup, significant technological investments have been made to improve and develop the country's prehospital emergency health services. This article is based on an academic visit of two Turkish academics with an interest in prehospital care to Qatar. It was conducted in January 2020 and is supported by information from the literature. Qatar's prehospital healthcare system was found to be highly developed and organised as it is managed by a national ambulance service. Some comparisons are also made with respect to prehospital care in Turkey.

Prehospital emergency healthcare is a vital component of the emergency medical services system in terms of timely and appropriate intervention for sick or wounded patients (Bahadori and Ravangard, 2013). Prehospital care enables the management of emergency interventions based on circumstances and environment and is adapted to the person in need of emergency treatment.

The provision of prehospital emergency health services varies greatly around the world. While doctors are the team leader in ambulances in some countries, paramedics have this responsibility in others, such as in the United States. Others assign either a doctor or a paramedic as the team leader (Page et al, 2013; Wilson et al, 2015).

In the UK, emergency medical services are provided by the NHS and are free of charge to residents and visitors. Emergency calls can be classified as A, B and C using Advanced Medical Priority Dispatch System (AMPDS) software. They are classified as category A if the condition is immediately life threatening, category B if the condition is serious but not immediately life threatening and category C if the condition is not immediately life threatening nor serious.

Subscribe to get full access to the Journal of Paramedic Practice

Thank you for visiting the Journal of Paramedic Practice and reading our archive of expert clinical content. If you would like to read more from the only journal dedicated to those working in emergency care, you can start your subscription today for just £48.

What's included

  • CPD Focus

  • Develop your career

  • Stay informed

Register
Or continue by

Signing in with your registered email address

Prehospital
Health services
Ambulance
Qatar