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Jurnal Internasional Afrika vol.12 issue 4 2022
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Evaluation des connaissances théoriques des étudiants en médecine sur les gestes de premiers secours en République Démocratique du Congo Theoretical knowledge assessment of medical students on first aid in the Democratic Republic of Congo
éIntroduction: La République Démocratique du Congo fait régulièrement face àplusieurs urgences sanitaires. La présence des médecins en première ligne dans la riposte y est un phénomène spontané. Des lacunes ont étéidentifiées dans la connaissance des…
Jurnal Internasional Afrika vol.12 issue 4 2022
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Injury characteristics and their association with clinical complications among emergency care patients in Tanzania
Background: Over 5 million people annually die from injuries and millions more sustain non-fatal injuries re- quiring medical care. Ninety percent of injury deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This study describes the…
Jurnal Internasional Afrika vol.12 issue 4 2022
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Chest trauma epidemiology and emergency department management in a tertiary teaching hospital in Kigali, Rwanda
Introduction: Chest trauma is a major contributor to injury morbidity and mortality, and understanding trends is a crucial part of addressing this burden in low- and middle-income countries. This study reports the characteristics and emergency…
Jurnal Internasional Afrika vol.12 issue 4 2022
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Factors which affect the application and implementation of a spinal motion restriction protocol by prehospital providers in a low resource setting: A scoping review
Introduction: The safety and effectiveness of prehospital clinical c-spine clearance or spinal motion restriction (SMR) decision support tools are unclear. The present study aimed to examine the available literature on clinical cervical spine…
Jurnal Internasional Afrika vol.12 issue 4 2022
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Patients requiring palliative care attending a regional hospital emergency centre in South Africa: A descriptive study
Background: : Globally, emergency centers (ECs) face increasing patients with palliative care (PC) needs. This is also true for South Africa. Factors include an increasingly older population, rising rates of non-communicable and infectious diseases.…
Jurnal Internasional Afrika vol.12 issue 4 2022
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Adopting a ‘System of Caring’ as a leadership strategy toward professionalisation within South African emergency medical services: A grounded theory
Introduction: Professionalization is a key agenda within South African prehospital care. Emergency Medical Ser- vices (EMS) agencies continue to grapple with operationalising the process of professionalising, with a number approaches described in…
Jurnal Internasional Afrika vol.12 issue 4 2022
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Current use and perceived barriers of emergency point-of-care ultrasound by African health care practitioners
Introduction: The African Federation of Emergency Medicine (AFEM) recommends the use of emergency point- of-care ultrasound (ePOCUS) as a core skill for health care practitioners in Africa. The study explored the use of ePOCUS by health care…
Jurnal Internasional Afrika vol.12 issue 4 2022
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Intubation during spinal motion restriction using the Lubo TM cervical collar - a manikin simulation study
Introduction: The Lubo TM collar is a cervical motion restriction device featuring a unique external jaw-thrust mechanism designed to provide non-invasive airway patency. In addition, tracheal intubation is facilitated by releasing an anterior chin…
Jurnal Internasional Afrika vol.12 issue 4 2022
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
The lived experiences of emergency care personnel in the Western Cape, South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal hermeneutic phenomenological study
In March 2020, the World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. Shortly after the first case of COVID-19 was reported in South Africa, the Western Cape province experienced a rapid growth in the number of cases, establishing it as…