Eisner, Zachary J. Delaney, Peter G. Widder, Patricia Aleem, Ilyas S. Tate, Denise G. Raghavendran, Krishnan Scott, John W.
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African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Introduction Traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) constitutes a considerable portion of the global injury burden, disproportionately affecting low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Prehospital care can address TSCI morbidity and mortality, but emergency medical services are lacking in LMICs. The current standard of prehospital care for TSCI in s...
Brysiewicz, Petra Scott, Tricia Acheampong, Emmanuel Muya, Ivy
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African Journal of Emergency Medicine
The World Health Assembly declared 2020 as the ‘Year of the Nurse and the Midwife’ in recognition of the critical contribution of both professions to global health. Nurses globally are having to do more with less and in the already resource deficient African context, significant adaptation and leadership is required in the way emergency nurses work...
Herlianita, Risa Purwanto, Edi Wahyuningsih, Indri Pratiwi, Indah Dwi
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African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Introduction The purpose of this study was to explore and compare the performance of four burn injury scoring systems in Indonesia. In a retrospective study, data of all burn patients admitted to the emergency centre (EC) were collected. The following clinical outcome and four burn injury scoring systems were used to assess each patient: Abbreviate...
Greenberg, Anya L. Rose, Christian C. Nicholaus, Paulina Mfinanga, Juma A. Sawe, Hendry R. Tenner, Andrea G.
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African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Introduction The World Health Organization's (WHO's) Basic Emergency Care (BEC) course was developed to address training gaps in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Simultaneously, LMICs have experienced an unprecedented increase in the number of cell phone and internet users. We developed a mobile application adjunct to the BEC course (BEC a...
Marle, Trevor Mash, Robert
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African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Introduction Trauma is a substantial component of South Africa's burden of disease. District hospitals provide primary trauma care for a large proportion of this trauma burden, although most studies are in specialised or tertiary settings. The aim was to evaluate the profile of physical trauma patients attending the emergency centre at Helderberg D...
Deji-Dada, Olabisi Olamide Dada, Samuel Ayokunle Ogunlusi, Johnson Dare Solomon, Olusoji Abidemi
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African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Background Patient satisfaction is a measure of the extent to which patients are contented with the health care they received from their health care provider. Objective The goal of this study was to measure the satisfaction of patients admitted to the Emergency Centre and to determine the factors affecting the satisfaction. Method A cross-sectional...
Bedada, Alemayehu Ginbo Tarpley, Margaret J. Tarpley, John L.
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African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Background Traumatic injuries are proportionally higher in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) than high-income counties. Data on trauma epidemiology and patients' outcomes are limited in LMICs. Methods A retrospective review of medical records was performed for trauma admissions to the Princess Marina Hospital general surgical (GS) wards from...
Gwaram, Usman Adamu Okoye, Onyedika Godfrey Olaomi, Oluwole Olayemi
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African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Introduction A Trauma System or its components has been shown to improve trauma services and outcome of seriously injured patients. These organised services are non0existent or the components operate in isolation in most African countries. This study was done to identify the observed advances in trauma care service delivery, brought about by the be...
Birkun, Alexei
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African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Bilal, Saadiyah Nzabandora, Jean Paul Uwamahoro, Doris Lorette Meisner, Lars Purkayastha, Subhanik Aluisio, Adam R.
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African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Introduction Traumatic injuries and their resulting mortality and disability impose a disproportionate burden on sub-Saharan countries like Rwanda. An important facet of addressing injury burdens is to comprehend injury patterns and aetiologies of trauma. This study is a cross-sectional analysis of injuries, treatments and outcomes at the Universit...
