Pre-hospital care, including proper transportation, trained personnel, and proper education, provides the immediate care needed by patients with acute life-threatening conditions. This may help alleviate or decrease the disease burden when the patient arrives at the hospital. Through this, the patient’s condition may also be assessed early, helping the respondents decide which facility may cater best to the patient’s condition.
Pre-hospital care is a critical component of health systems and is part of the continuum of care that patients receive. When pre-hospital care is available, the patient may be treated at a lower-level facility (if the condition is not life-threatening) or may be referred to a more capable facility.