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Validity and reliability of the South African Triage Scale in prehospital providers
BACKGROUND: The South African Triage Scale (SATS) is a validated in-hospital triage tool that has been innovatively adopted for use …
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Traffic police officers’ use of first aid skills at work: a qualitative content analysis of focus group discussions in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends involving lay people in prehospital care. Several training programmes have been implemented to …
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Harnessing inter-disciplinary collaboration to improve emergency care in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): results of research prioritisation setting exercise
BACKGROUND: More than half of deaths in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) result from conditions that could be treated with …
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Mortality at the pediatric emergency unit of the Mohammed VI teaching hospital of Marrakech
BACKGROUND: The death of a child at the emergency ward is one of the most difficult problems that the clinicians …
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Prevalence and determinants of post-traumatic stress disorder among road traffic accident survivors: a prospective survey at selected hospitals in southern Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is prevalent among road traffic accident survivors (RTA), yet the psychological welfare of the persons …
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Evaluating capacity at three government referral hospital emergency units in the kingdom of Eswatini using the WHO Hospital Emergency Unit Assessment Tool
BACKGROUND: The Kingdom of Eswatini, a lower-middle income nation of 1.45 million in southern Africa, has recently identified emergency care …
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Trauma care and capture rate of variables of World Health Organisation data set for injury at regional hospitals in Tanzania: first steps to a national trauma registry
BACKGROUND: In Tanzania, there is no national trauma registry. The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed a data set for …
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Acute pain assessment and management in the prehospital setting, in the Western Cape, South Africa: a knowledge, attitudes and practices survey
BACKGROUND: Acute pain is frequently encountered in the prehospital setting, and therefore, a fundamental aspect of quality emergency care. Research …
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Retraction Note: Severe Viperidae envenomation complicated by a state of shock, acute kidney injury, and gangrene presenting late at the emergency department: a case report
The authors have retracted this case report [1] because the head of the snake shown in Figure 1 and described …
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Impact of a postcrash first aid educational program on knowledge, perceived skills confidence, and skills utilization among traffic police officers: a single-arm before-after intervention study
BACKGROUND: An overwhelming proportion of road traffic deaths and injuries in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) occur in prehospital environments. …
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Needs assessment of emergency medical and rescue services in Abuja/Nigeria and environs
BACKGROUND: Nigeria is ranked second highest in the rate of road accidents and other emergencies (Deaths, disabilities) among 193 countries …
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Towards developing a consensus assessment framework for global emergency medicine fellowships
BACKGROUND: The number of Global Emergency Medicine (GEM) Fellowship training programs are increasing worldwide. Despite the increasing number of GEM …
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Introduction of a standardised protocol, including systematic use of tranexamic acid, for management of severe adult trauma patients in a low-resource setting: the MSF experience from Port-au-Prince, Haiti
BACKGROUND: Bleeding is an important cause of death in trauma victims. In 2010, the CRASH-2 study, a multicentre randomized control …
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Traffic police officers’ experience of post-crash care to road traffic injury victims: a qualitative study in Tanzania”
BACKGROUND: Recently, road traffic injuries (RTIs) have become a major health problem affecting health systems in many low- and middle-income …
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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Cameroonian physicians with regards to acute pain management in the emergency department: a multicenter cross-sectional study
INTRODUCTION: Pain is the most frequent presenting complaint in patients consulting or admitted to the emergency department (ED). Thus, its …
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Epidemiology of injuries presenting to the accident centre of Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana
BACKGROUND: Injuries directly lead to 5 million deaths every year, accounting for 9% of all deaths worldwide. While knowledge of …
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Trends and barriers of emergency medical service use in Addis Ababa; Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: The increasing burdens of trauma and time sensitive non-communicable disease in Addis Ababa necessitate a robust emergency medical care …
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Severe Viperidae envenomation complicated by a state of shock, acute kidney injury, and gangrene presenting late at the emergency department: a case report
BACKGROUND: Snake envenomation is an underestimated pathology in sub-Saharan Africa associated with severe emergencies, and even death in case of …
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Prevalence and factors associated with road traffic incident among adolescents and children in the hospitals of Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Road Traffic Incident (RTI) has been commonly reported as a major public health problem around the world and the …
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Respiratory compromise in children presenting to an urban emergency department of a tertiary hospital in Tanzania: a descriptive cohort study
BACKGROUND: Respiratory compromise is the leading cause of cardiac arrest and death among paediatric patients. Emergency medicine is a new …