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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: World Neurosurg. 2020 Oct 27;146:e517–e526. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.10.115

Table 4.

Pre-hospital care assessment

COUNTRIES
Republic of Armenia Georgia Republic of Moldova
Pre-hospital system
 Organized Ambulance Ambulance Ambulance/AVIASAN
 Unique emergency no 112 112 112
 Ambulance team
  physician Yes Emergency physician/not always
  paramedic Yes Emergency technician
  nurse Yes Yes Yes
  driver Yes Yes Yes
 TBI patient transport
  Ambulance Yes Yes Yes + AVIASAN*
  Private car Yes Yes Yes
  Helicopter Yes Yes Yes
 Patient destination
  Nearest facility Yes Yes Yes
  Resources Yes Yes Yes
  Insurance No Yes No
Pre-hospital categorization and triage
 Triage protocol Yes - Glasgow Yes - ABC Yes - ABC
 Training program Yes No No
Inter-hospital transfer
 Transfer protocol No No No
 Frequency** Frequent Rarely Rarely
 Reasons for transfer Equipment, specialists, surgery needed Patients’ wishes; Lack of specialized services in rural areas Equipment, specialists, surgery needed
*

special emergency service provided by the Republican Clinical Hospital for specialized emergency care for cases admitted to hospitals in territories

**

frequency was defined/was measured