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Data-Driven Lay First Responder Program in Cameroon

NCT07581327 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1812

Last updated 2026-05-12

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Summary

Cameroon experiences a high burden of injury-related morbidity and mortality and currently lacks a formal pre-hospital care system. Lay First Responder (LFR) programs have been implemented in several low-and middle-income countries to improve early injury care by training non-medical community members with high exposure to injury, such as commercial drivers, in basic first aid and safe transport of injured patients.

The study aims to implement and evaluate a data-driven, context-adapted LFR program in Cameroon using an implementation science approach. Quantitative trauma registry data and qualitative stakeholder interviews will be used to adapt the LFR curriculum to local injury patterns and care gaps. LFR program implementation will be associated with increased chances of survival on presentation and improved trauma outcomes.

The study is an interrupted time series evaluation of an LFR intervention where prehospital care rates and clinical patterns in the Cameroon Trauma Registry (CTR) patients at Limbe Regional hospital will be compared between historical pre-implementation controls and post-implementation of a data-driven lay first responder training program (the intervention).

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Lay First Responder (LFR) training

Training of LFR providers using a data driven, pretested curriculum adapted for the Cameroon context over a 3-month training and transition period.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fogarty International Center of the National Institute of Health

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Buea

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of California, Los Angeles

    collaborator OTHER

  • Sabrinah Christie

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
SEQUENTIAL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-09-30
Primary Completion
2028-06-30
Completion
2028-09-30

Countries

  • Cameroon

Study Locations

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