LFR International

LFR International is an American international nonprofit organization focused on emergency medical services research and development in sub-Saharan Africa. LFR launches sustainable prehospital emergency care programs in resource-limited communities of low-income countries without formal emergency medical services by collaborating with local governments and stakeholders to train lay first responders.[1]

LFR International
Formation2019
FoundersPeter G. Delaney
Zachary J. Eisner
Founded atLos Angeles, California
TypeNonprofit
Non-governmental organization
83-3568251
Legal status501(c)(3)
HeadquartersMakeni, Sierra Leone
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa
FieldsEmergency medical services development in LMICs
Volunteers
5,173 LFRs
Award(s)Prince Michael International Road Safety Award
Websitewww.lfrinternational.org

History

More than 5,000 pre-existing transportation providers have been trained as lay first responders by LFR since 2016 to care for road traffic injuries and affordably scale up prehospital emergency care in resource-limited African settings.[2][3]

LFR's model of locally-informed rapid emergency care deployment has been launched and studied by researchers in Uganda, Chad, Guatemala, and Sierra Leone.[1][4][5][6] LFR was a founding organization of the First Responder Coalition of Sierra Leone in 2019 to expand prehospital emergency care and develop emergency medical services in Sierra Leone.[7][8][9] LFR launched trainings with the Coalition in Makeni.[10]

Honors

In 2020, LFR was awarded the Prince Michael International Road Safety Award by Prince Michael of Kent in recognition of "exemplary achievement and innovation" in improving road safety and post-crash response globally.[11][12][13][14][15]

References
  1. Delaney, Peter G.; Figueroa, Jose A.; Eisner, Zachary J.; Andrade, Rudy Erik Hernandez; Karmakar, Monita; Scott, John W.; Raghavendran, Krishnan (2020-04-01). "Designing and implementing a practical prehospital emergency trauma care curriculum for lay first responders in Guatemala". Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open. 5 (1): e000409. doi:10.1136/tsaco-2019-000409. ISSN 2397-5776.
  2. "Student project aims to bolster first responder services in Africa | GlobalReach | Michigan Medicine". GlobalReach. 2020-02-13. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  3. Delaney, Peter G.; Eisner, Zachary J.; Blackwell, T. Scott; Ssekalo, Ibrahim; Kazungu, Rauben; Lee, Yang Jae; Scott, John W.; Raghavendran, Krishnan (2020-10-30). "Exploring the factors motivating continued Lay First Responder participation in Uganda: a mixed-methods, 3-year follow-up". Emergency Medicine Journal. doi:10.1136/emermed-2020-210076. ISSN 1472-0205. PMID 33127741.
  4. Delaney, Peter G.; Bamuleke, Richard; Lee, Yang Jae (2018-08-01). "Lay First Responder Training in Eastern Uganda: Leveraging Transportation Infrastructure to Build an Effective Prehospital Emergency Care Training Program". World Journal of Surgery. 42 (8): 2293–2302. doi:10.1007/s00268-018-4467-3. ISSN 1432-2323.
  5. Hancock, Canaan J.; Delaney, Peter G.; Eisner, Zachary J.; Kroner, Eric; Mahamet-Nuur, Issa; Scott, John W.; Raghavendran, Krishnan (October 2020). "Developing a Lay First Responder Program in Chad: A 12-Month Follow-Up Evaluation of a Rural Prehospital Emergency Care Program". Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 35 (5): 546–553. doi:10.1017/S1049023X20000977. ISSN 1049-023X.
  6. Eisner, Zachary J.; Delaney, Peter G.; Thullah, Alfred H.; Yu, Amanda J.; Timbo, Sallieu B.; Koroma, Sylvester; Sandy, Kpawuru; Sesay, Abdulai Daniel; Turay, Patrick; Scott, John W.; Raghavendran, Krishnan (2020-11-01). "Evaluation of a Lay First Responder Program in Sierra Leone as a Scalable Model for Prehospital Trauma Care". Injury. 51 (11): 2565–2573. doi:10.1016/j.injury.2020.09.001. ISSN 0020-1383.
  7. Thomas, Abdul Rashid (2019-07-05). "Sierra Leone's road accident First Responder Coalition to save thousands of lives". SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  8. Vanguard, The Patriotic (2019-07-04). "Makeni: Coalition of First Responders formed". The Patriotic Vanguard. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  9. admin. "LFR International Trains Responders and Creates the 'First Responder Coalition of Sierra Leone | AYV Newspaper News -Sierra Leone News, AYV Sierra Leone, Wake Up Sierra Leone, AYV News, Sierra Leone News, Leone News". Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  10. admin. ""LFR International brings its innovative lay first responder training program to Makeni" | AYV Newspaper News -Sierra Leone News, AYV Sierra Leone, Wake Up Sierra Leone, AYV News, Sierra Leone News, Leone News". Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  11. "Student, alum win prestigious road safety award | The Source | Washington University in St. Louis". The Source. 2020-12-11. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  12. "RoadSafe: Lay First Responder International receives Royal Award for Post-Crash Response Innitiative". www.roadsafe.com. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  13. "Road Safety Awards: Lay First Responder International receives Royal Award for Post-Crash Response Innitiative". www.roadsafetyawards.com. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  14. "Student-led NGO that trains lay first responders garners road safety award from British crown | GlobalReach | Michigan Medicine". GlobalReach. 2020-12-15. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  15. "Student-led nonprofit wins international road safety prize". engineering.wustl.edu. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
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