Introduction: Emergency care can potentially address half of deaths and one-third of disability in low-and-middle
income countries. First Aid (FA) is at the core of out-of-hospital emergency care and is crucial to empower
laypersons to preserve…
Introduction: Climate change is a global public health emergency with implications for access to care and emer-
gency care service disruptions. The African continent is particularly vulnerable to climate-related extreme weather
Introduction: More than half of South Africans live below the poverty line. Indirect medical costs can contribute
significantly to the financial burden of patients seeking medical care. The aim of this study was to determine the
expenses incurred…
Introduction: Trauma deaths account for 8% of all deaths in Egypt. Patients with multiple injuries are at high
risk but may be saved with a good triage system and a well-trained trauma team in dedicated institutions. The
incidence of missed…
Introduction: Emergency Medical Service (EMS) providers in South Africa are among health care workers (HCWs)
most at risk of contracting infectious diseases due to occupational exposure to blood and body fluids (BBF). While
the austere, dynamic,…
Introduction: The Ministry of Health - Uganda implemented the World Health Organization’s Basic Emergency
Care course (BEC1) to improve formal emergency care training and address its high burden of acute illness and
injury. The BEC is an…
Background: Stroke is a neurological emergency affecting both developed and developing countries. In Djibouti,
stroke is the fourth leading cause of death. Our objective was to describe the demographic, clinical, paraclinical
profile of stroke in…
Background: Triage is applied in emergency centres (ECs) to assign degrees of urgency to illnesses or injuries
to decide in which order to treat patients, especially when there are many patients or casualties, facilitating the
allocation of scarce…