Abstract

Introduction: Prehospital services in road traffic accidents are one of the critical aspects of prehospital services. The goals of these services in traffic accidents is providing services to clients who need to on time interventions, prevention of disabilities and rapid and safe transportation by trained practitioners.The aim of this article was review the prehospital services by focus on road traffic accidents, in developed and developing countries.

Materials and Methods: In this review article for data gathering, data bases of Google Scholar, PubMed, CINAHL and Science Direct searched by key word strategies. Eventually 43 articles since 1999 to 2012 selected.

Findings: There are differences in structure, level of services and human resources in prehospital systems that created different patterns in countries. Many countries by strategies such as continuous public and professional education have compensated the weakness of other aspects.

Conclusion: Prehospital service systems have several aspects such staffing, education, technology, management and organization. Each country must design their appropriate pattern to provide the best service to community.