Table 4 The 5 most important factors that enhance the capacities for pre-hospital emergency care for victims of road traffic incidents in the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Areas, March and September 2016

Notification

−0.29

−0.28

0.09

−0.29

−0.10

Communication between responders

−0.15

−0.17

0.33

−0.50

0.17

Ambulances used

−0.35

0.14

−0.29

−0.05

0.21

Number of ambulances

0.06

−0.41

−0.35

−0.06

−0.23

Team qualifications

−0.12

0.50

0.08

−0.07

−0.09

Communication equipment

−0.35

0.09

−0.34

−0.10

0.21

Emergency service center contacts

0.10

−0.45

−0.05

−0.22

0.17

Victim’s transportation

−0.29

−0.05

−0.30

0.17

−0.52

Service payer

−0.34

−0.00

0.10

0.12

0.23

Type of EMS

−0.41

0.14

−0.17

−0.00

0.20

RTI Seasons

−0.11

−0.39

−0.22

0.25

0.34

Most common RTIs responded to

−0.18

−0.20

0.18

0.58

−0.15

Responders’ training

−0.20

−0.11

0.47

0.25

0.19

EMS communication and transportation procedures

−0.27

−0.04

0.04

−0.29

−0.40

EMS challenges

0.32

0.12

−0.35

0.00

0.27

Eigenvalues

4.38

2.93

1.83

1.43

1.26

Variance explained (%)

29.18

19.57

12.23

9.55

8.39

Overall capacity/strength

Ambulance facilitation

Ongoing EMS structuring

EMS training

EMS coordination

Transportation procedures