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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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Severe Viperidae envenomation complicated by a state of shock, acute kidney injury, and gangrene presenting late at the emergency department: a case report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 …
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Pre-referral stabilization and compliance with WHO guidelines for trauma care among adult patients referred to an urban emergency department of a tertiary referral hospital in Tanzania
BACKGROUND: The outcomes of trauma are considered to be time dependent. Efficient and timely pre-referral stabilization of trauma patients has …
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Profile and outcome of patients with emergency complications of renal failure presenting to an urban emergency department of a tertiary hospital in Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Renal failure carries high mortality even in high-resource countries. Little attention has been paid to renal failure patients presenting …
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The prevalence of alcohol and illicit drug use among injured patients presenting to the emergency department of a national hospital in Tanzania: a prospective cohort study
BACKGROUND: Alcohol and illicit drugs have been found to be major contributing factors leading to severe injuries in a variety …
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Point-of-care ultrasound findings in unselected patients in an emergency department —results from a prospective observational trial
BACKGROUND: Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) can improve patient management in the emergency department (ED). However, previous studies have focused only on …
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Management of acute coronary syndrome in emergency departments: a cross sectional multicenter study (Tunisia)
BACKGROUND: We aimed to describe diagnosed acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and its care management and outcomes in emergency departments (EDs) …
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Potential benefits of triage for the trauma patient in a Kenyan emergency department
BACKGROUND: Improved trauma management can reduce the time between injury and medical interventions, thus decreasing morbidity and mortality. Triage at …
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Provision of post-crash first aid by traffic police in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: a cross-sectional survey
BACKGROUND: The availability of prehospital trauma care is an important means of reducing serious injuries and fatalities associated with road …
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Sonographic guided hydrostatic saline enema reduction of childhood intussusception: a prospective study
BACKGROUND: The management of childhood intussusception in our sub-region is still via surgical intervention. Currently, the gold standard of treatment …
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Emergency response time and pre-hospital trauma survival rate of the national ambulance service, Greater Accra (January – December 2014)
BACKGROUND: Every year, about 1.2 million people die through road traffic crashes worldwide. Majority of these deaths occur in Africa …
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A cross-sectional exploratory study of knowledge, attitudes, and practices of emergency health care providers in the assessment of child maltreatment in Maputo, Mozambique
BACKGROUND: In Mozambique, and other low-income countries (LICs), there is little information on the burden of child maltreatment (CM). Emergency …
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