Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the health workers' equipment readiness,
knowledge, and expertise in managing a large number of traffic accident casualties at Hoima
RRH. At Hoima RRH, information was gathered as part of a descriptive cross-sectional study
using a checklist, open-ended questionnaires, and 60 health workers who were purposefully
chosen to participate. When asked if they knew how to perform CPR, study participants
responded positively. All of those who had EMCST and 38 (90.5%) of those who hadn't
responded positively were in agreement, with odds ratios of 0.8(0.04-9.01) and P-values of
0.013 and 0.013, respectively. Despite the fact that the majority of health professionals—46,
or 76.7%—said there was no standby surgeon for patients with traffic causalities. The study
found that while there was insufficient access to emergency medications for a large
percentage of casualties (rated at 50%), the hospital did have a working blood bank (ranked
at 100%). The study found that health workers had strong knowledge (above 66.7%) and
moderate readiness (above 46.7%) in the management of road traffic incidents. The study
finds that although HRRH had some equipment, (rated at 50%), it was insufficient. Health
workers needed to be empowered through workshops and trainings on current management
protocols on managing accident causality patients, and the government should give the
hospital more medical equipment