Introduction: South Africa has a wide distribution of scorpion species, yet limited data are available regarding
the incidence and severity of scorpion envenomation. The aim of this study was to analyse South African epidemiological
data of…
Introduction: Procedural sedation and analgesia allows the clinician to safely and efficiently administer sedation,
analgesia, anxiolysis and sometimes amnesia to facilitate the performance of various procedures in the emergency
centre. The aim of…
Introduction: Violence and injury observatories (VIOs) are primarily a tool to aid safety and security stakeholders
within both governments and non-governmental organisations to develop interventions focused on violence
prevention and related to…
Introduction: Leadership and teaching skills are essential, but not often emphasized, components of medical
training. As emergency care develops as a specialty in Uganda, two cadres of providers are being trained:
physicians and non-physician…
Introduction: Although emergency medicine (EM) training programmes have begun to be introduced in low- and
middle-income countries (LMICs), minimal data exist on their effects on patient-centered outcomes in such
settings. This study evaluated the…
Introduction: Emergency medicine (EM) throughout Africa exists in various stages of development. The number
and types of scientific EM literature can serve as a proxy indicator of EM regional development and activity. The
goal of this scoping…
bite with rapid progression of symptoms and death.
Case report: A young gentleman was bitten and rapidly decompensated before monovalent antivenom could be administered, with fatal results.
Conclusion: This case highlights the importance of having…
Introduction: Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) are an expensive resource that should be utilised
efficiently to optimise the cost-benefit ratio. This is especially true in resource-limited settings, such as South
Africa. This may be…
Introduction: This retrospective case series describes the use of cola to immediately treat complete oesophageal
food bolus obstructions in the emergency centre. Short of emergent endoscopy – which is invasive, expensive,
not without adverse…
Introduction: “Virtual” studies account for nearly one-third of all published weight estimation articles, but the
validity of these virtual studies has never been evaluated. It is important to establish this validity in order to
decide whether the…