ECIT, Emergency Care Implementation Tool

ECITEmergency Care Implementation Tool

A path to better emergency care.

When local leaders set out to improve emergency care, assessment tools can show them what is missing. No tool yet translates those findings into a prioritized action plan, with each step linked to existing resources. We are building ECIT to fill that gap, starting in Uganda.

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The need
“Patients are dying from treatable medical emergencies.”

Low-resource facilities need a roadmap to deliver timely, lifesaving emergency care. Assessments produce long lists of gaps. Medical directors are left to decide on their own where to begin.

How it works

From assessment to action, in four steps

ECIT starts where existing assessment tools stop. It orders what a facility should do first and links each step to guidance that already exists.

1

The need

“Patients are dying from treatable medical emergencies.”

Rural and low-resource facilities see emergencies every day, often without the systems to manage them.

2

The assessment

“What do we need?”

A gap analysis using a standard tool such as ECAT or HEAT shows what is missing:

  • Oxygen administration
  • Sepsis protocol
  • Bag-mask ventilation
  • Fracture splinting
  • IV fluid administration
  • Glucose check
  • many more
3

The action plan

“How do we do it?”
  • Clear steps, in order
  • Each linked to resources (most already exist)
  • Built on local and expert consensus
4

The result

Stronger emergency care. One facility at a time.

Low-resource facilities can be ready to recognize and treat emergencies, making a meaningful difference for patients.

Who we are

Built with the facilities it serves

We are clinicians and health system administrators who deliver emergency care in rural facilities, and researchers who study emergency care delivery. The facilities where we work identified this need and continue to co-develop the solution with us.

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The work is just beginning.

We are building ECIT through local and expert consensus. If you lead, staff or study emergency care in a low-resource setting or are interested in learning more, we would like to hear from you. Write to us for the white paper or to join the work.

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