TY - JOUR AU - Utla, Balaji AU - Hegde, Shailendra Kumar B. AU - Saride, Sri Ranga Prasad AU - Kandaala, Ramanuja Chary AU - Upadhya, Sridhar AU - Saxena, Anukrati PY - 2016/03/24 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Highway Emergency Response and Accident Mitigation Service (HERAM) – A Field Report JF - Online Journal of Public Health Informatics JA - OJPHI VL - 8 IS - 1 SE - Poster Presentations DO - 10.5210/ojphi.v8i1.6587 UR - https://ojphi.org/ojs/index.php/ojphi/article/view/6587 SP - AB - <p class="p1">This paper describes a cross-sectional analysis of data pertaining to accidents that occurred on the National Highway between Hyderabad and Vijaywada, over a period of one year. A fully equipped trauma ambulance was despatched to the site as soon as a call comes on 1033. The victim was attended to by well-trained paramedics in the ambulance and transported to the nearest health care facility. This service attended to 60% of the accidents in the service area. Incidence of fatalities was 5.63%. This service can be established at the national level to provide emergency ambulance care service to accident victims on National Highways.</p> ER -