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{{short description|Emergency First Aid Responder System Model}}
The '''Emergency First Aid Responder System Model''', or '''EFAR System Model''', was first published by Jared H. Sun and [[Lee A. Wallis]] in ''[[Emergency Medicine Journal]]'' in 2012, describing a system utilizing community members as first responders in low-resource settings to provide immediate basic care during medical emergencies until certified medical personnel arrive.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last1=Wallis|first1=Lee A.|last2=Sun|first2=Jared H.|date=2012-08-01|title=The emergency first aid responder system model: using community members to assist life-threatening emergencies in violent, developing areas of need|url=https://emj.bmj.com/content/29/8/673|journal=Emergency Medicine Journal|language=en|volume=29|issue=8|pages=673–678|doi=10.1136/emermed-2011-200271|issn=1472-0205|pmid=22011973|s2cid=23871044|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Since its creation, it has been deployed across twenty-three municipalities in [[South Africa]] and has been adapted for use in [[Zambia]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Wallis|first1=Lee A.|last2=Twomey|first2=Michele|last3=Shing|first3=Rachel|last4=Sun|first4=Jared H.|date=2014-01-01|title=A strategy to implement and support pre-hospital emergency medical systems in developing, resource-constrained areas of South Africa|url=https://www.injuryjournal.com/article/S0020-1383(12)00311-7/abstract|journal=Injury|language=English|volume=45|issue=1|pages=31–38|doi=10.1016/j.injury.2012.08.015|issn=0020-1383|pmid=22917929|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last1=Wallis|first1=Lee A.|last2=Kafwamfwa|first2=Muhumpu|last3=Cunningham|first3=Charmaine|last4=Pigoga|first4=Jennifer L.|date=2017-12-01|title=Adapting the emergency first aid responder course for Zambia through curriculum mapping and blueprinting|url= |journal=BMJ Open|language=en|volume=7|issue=12|pages=e018389|doi=10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018389|issn=2044-6055|pmid=29229657|pmc=5778307}}</ref>
== History ==
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EFAR systems were implemented in two rural regions of Zambia in 2015, though no refinements were made to the course for the new setting.<ref name=":1" />
In 2022, the EFAR system of South Africa joined the [[Global Prehospital Consortium]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Delaney |first=Peter G. |last2=De Vos |first2=Simonay |last3=Eisner |first3=Zachary J. |last4=Friesen |first4=Jason |last5=Hingi |first5=Marko |last6=Mirza |first6=Usama Javed |last7=Kharel |first7=Ramu |last8=Moussally |first8=Jon |last9=Smith |first9=Nathanael |last10=Slingers |first10=Marcus |last11=Sun |first11=Jared |last12=Thullah |first12=Alfred Harun |date=2025-01-01 |title=Challenges, opportunities, and priorities for tier-1 emergency medical services (EMS) development in low- and middle-income countries: A modified Delphi-based consensus study among the global prehospital consortium |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020138324002092 |journal=Injury |volume=56 |issue=1 |pages=111522 |doi=10.1016/j.injury.2024.111522 |issn=0020-1383|doi-access=free }}</ref>
== See also ==
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