Global Prehospital Consortium

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The Global Prehospital Consortium, also known as GPC, is an international collaborative of organizations directing community bystander-driven emergency medical services programs, currently representing operations across 12 countries on 3 continents with 22,000 first responders. [1] [2] The GPC supports governments, non-governmental organizations, and other stakeholders to inform capacity-building efforts to cost-effectively implement evidence-based emergency care interventions. [3]

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History

The GPC working group was initially formed in 2022, comprising 11 representatives from seven community bystander-driven emergency medical services (EMS) organizations.

Over an eight month period between November 2022 and June 2023 using a 9-round modified Delphi-based approach, consensus was reached among participants on seven priorities to direct global efforts toward EMS development. Priorities included infrastructure/operations, communication, education/training, impact evaluation, financing, governance/legal, and transportation/equipment. [4]

Published in Injury in 2024, investigational priorities of the GPC include responder density/distribution, patient variable standardization, dispatch, curricula, and new indices for cost-effectiveness and impact. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Delaney, Peter G.; Eisner, Zachary J.; Pine, Haleigh; Thullah, Alfred Harun; Agostin, Nicholas; Sun, Jared; Raghavendran, Krishnan; Patterson, Brendan M.; Vallier, Heather; Smith, Nathanael (2025-02-21). "Using a simulation-based approach to evaluate a contextually appropriate, non-internet dependent mobile navigation tool for emergency medical dispatch (EMD) of lay first responders (LFRs) in Sierra Leone: A multi-cohort feasibility trial". Injury: 112222. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2025.112222 . ISSN   0020-1383. PMID   40016018.
  2. ↑ Kachhap, Vanya Garima (2025-03-10). "Golden Hour scheme by Supreme Court: Hospitals bound to give cashless medical treatment to accident patients". lawyersclubindia. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
  3. ↑ Man, Liz (2023-06-28). "Pre-hospital care in Tanzania". Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
  4. ↑ Global Prehospital Consortium (2025-01-01). "Challenges, opportunities, and priorities for tier-1 emergency medical services (EMS) development in low- and middle-income countries: A modified Delphi-based consensus study among the global prehospital consortium". Injury . 56 (1): 111522. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2024.111522 . ISSN   1879-0267. PMID   38599953.
  5. ↑ Delaney, Peter G.; Eisner, Zachary J.; Geduld, Heike (2024-08-01). "The emergency burden in low and middle-income countries". Surgery . 176 (2): 528–530. doi:10.1016/j.surg.2024.03.031. ISSN   1532-7361. PMID   38762379.

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