As time and immediate intervention is necessary to save acute life-threatening events, pre-hospital care is essential in decreasing morbidity and mortality. Unfortunately, this is very much insufficient in the Philippines especially in geographically-disadvantaged areas. The documentary showed an extreme example of how poor or no pre-hospital care can result to increasing mortality among patients who could have been saved. This scenario is quite common in the country but what makes it even worse to think is that pre-hospital care is still insufficient even in municipalities or urban areas. It is still caused by a poor referral system, lack of resources, and the like but also because of traffic and need for out-of-pocket expenses that pre-hospital care is insufficient.
With this, there is an increasing need for the country to improve its pre-hospital care. This starts with the government’s support in providing the healthcare workers and other essential personnel the resources needed to establish an effective pre-hospital care. This is followed by an effective collaboration among multiple sectors in the national and local level. When pre-hospital care is improved, lives of several people can be saved.