Table 4.

The 5 most important factors that enhance the capacities for pre-hospital emergency care for victims of road traffic incidents in the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Areas, March and September 2016

Variables	PC1	PC2	PC3	PC4	PC5
Notification	−0.29	−0.28	0.09	−0.29	−0.10
Communication between responders	−0.15	−0.17	0.33	−0.50	0.17
Ambulances used	−0.35	0.14	−0.29	−0.05	0.21
Number of ambulances	0.06	−0.41	−0.35	−0.06	−0.23
Team qualifications	−0.12	0.50	0.08	−0.07	−0.09
Communication equipment	−0.35	0.09	−0.34	−0.10	0.21
Emergency service center contacts	0.10	−0.45	−0.05	−0.22	0.17
Victim’s transportation	−0.29	−0.05	−0.30	0.17	−0.52
Service payer	−0.34	−0.00	0.10	0.12	0.23
Type of EMS	−0.41	0.14	−0.17	−0.00	0.20
RTI Seasons	−0.11	−0.39	−0.22	0.25	0.34
Most common RTIs responded to	−0.18	−0.20	0.18	0.58	−0.15
Responders’ training	−0.20	−0.11	0.47	0.25	0.19
EMS communication and transportation procedures	−0.27	−0.04	0.04	−0.29	−0.40
EMS challenges	0.32	0.12	−0.35	0.00	0.27
Eigenvalues	4.38	2.93	1.83	1.43	1.26
Variance explained (%)	29.18	19.57	12.23	9.55	8.39
Overall capacity/strength	Ambulance facilitation	Ongoing EMS structuring	EMS training	EMS coordination	Transportation procedures

Abbreviations: PC principle component, EMS emergency medical services, RTIs road traffic incidents