In the Philippines, numerous GIDAs have healthcare that is inaccessible due to lack of nearby health facilities, lack of human and non-human resources in the medical field, geographic disadvantages, expensive medical services, and the government’s overall lack of action to solve or alleviate these problems. These affect patients with acute life-threatening conditions who need to be transported as soon, as fast, and as cheap (if not free) as possible to the nearest health facility with health workers and services capable of definitively managing their conditions. Pre-hospital care encompasses everything and everyone involved since the onset of those conditions until those patients arrive at their respective health facilities.
As seen in the video, GIDAs generally have poor pre-hospital care mainly in terms of geographic accessibility. This is also due to the lack of health facilities nearby, and lack of human and non-human resources which may compensate, though uneconomical, for those inexistent nearby health facilities. Every human being deserves to receive the highest possible level of healthcare, which includes pre-hospital care. Patients with life-threatening conditions demand immediate treatment to increase their chances of survival, and this is where the ideal pre-hospital care comes in — providing the patient with the highest possible level of monitoring and symptomatic care before and during the fastest possible and the most cost-effective transportation to the nearest capable health facility.