African Journal of Emergency Medicine

Article	Citations
Experiences and Interventions by Botswana police officers in providing emergency care in road traffic collisions in the greater Gaborone region	25
Acute organophosphorus toxicity in a regional hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa: A retrospective chart review	23
Emergency preparedness capacity of a university hospital in Ghana: a cross-sectional study	19
Emergency centre patients in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Some epidemiological and clinical aspects at Beni General Referral Hospital	19
Ten years of the community-based emergency first aid responder (EFAR) system in the Western Cape of South Africa: What has happened, what has changed, and what has been learned	17
Accuracy of focused cardiac ultrasound interpretation among emergency and critical care medicine residents in Ethiopia: A multi-center cross-sectional study	17
Implementation of a fast triage score for patients arriving to a low resource hospital in Uganda	16
Training and certification in first responder care among mountaineering practitioners in east Africa	16
Non-specialist emergency medicine qualifications in Africa: Lessons from the South African Diploma in Primary Emergency Care	14
Massive influx of victims: staff preparedness and facility readiness of Tunisian general University Hospitals.	13
Pre-course online cases for the world health organization's basic emergency care course in Uganda: A mixed methods analysis	12
Awareness, attitude and perceived knowledge regarding First Aid in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: A cross-sectional household survey	12
Incidence and factors associated with being a victim of community assault; retrospective review of medical records in an Emergency Centre	11
Five-year analysis of clinical presentations and predictors of stroke mortality in rural Southwestern Nigeria: A retrospective observational study	11
Bedside colorimetric reagent dipstick in the diagnosis of meningitis in low– and middle–income countries: A prospective, international blinded comparison with laboratory analysis	11
Climate change and emergency care in Africa: A scoping review	11
An observational simulation-based study of the accuracy of intercostal drain placement and factors influencing placement	11
Experiences of injured patients referred to higher levels of care after initial assessment and management at non-tertiary hospitals in Ghana	10
Financial medicine as a source of moral distress: An unrecognised pathway to moral injury in the South African EMS systems	10
Global Health research abstracts: Jul ‘24	10
Barriers to accessing appendectomy in the public sector health system in the Western Cape Province, South Africa	10
South African palliative care provider perspectives on emergency medical services in palliative situations	10
Level of emergency and disaster preparedness of public hospitals in Northwest Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study	9
A cohort of pediatric injury patients from a hospital-based trauma registry in Northern Tanzania	9
The prevalence, management, and thirty-day outcomes of symptomatic atrial fibrillation in a Tanzanian emergency department	9

Clinical outcome and comparison of burn injury scoring systems in burn patient in Indonesia	8
Nurses and emergency nursing care in Botswana	8
Chest trauma epidemiology and emergency department management in a tertiary teaching hospital in Kigali, Rwanda	8
Disaster response readiness assessment of public hospitals in Addis Ababa City, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	8
Financial burden associated with attendance at a public hospital emergency department in Johannesburg	7
Catheterized chicken for training on ultrasound-guided vascular access: A simple, cost-effective, and effective model	7
A descriptive analysis of the casemix presenting to a tertiary hospital emergency centre in East London, South Africa	7
Global health research abstracts: April ‘23	7
Global health research abstracts: February ‘24	7
Current use and perceived barriers of emergency point-of-care ultrasound by African health care practitioners	7
Profile of referrals to an intensive care unit from a regional hospital emergency centre in KwaZulu-Natal	7
Emergency laparotomy for peritonitis in the elderly: A Multicentre observational study of outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa	6
Physical restraint within the prehospital Emergency Medical Care Environment: A scoping review	6
The new injury severity score underestimates true injury severity in a resource-constrained setting	6
Time delays in emergency stroke care in a low-resource referral hospital in Ghana	6
Prognostic accuracy of eight triage scores in suspected COVID-19 in an Emergency Department low-income setting: An observational cohort study	6
Global health research abstracts: December ‘24	6
Implementing the Safe Airway Checklist (SAC) at the emergency department of a major teaching hospital in Rwanda: A pre- and post-intervention study	6
Computed tomography benefits and cost in hemodynamically stable patients with blunt abdominal trauma at an Egyptian University Hospital	6
Emergency medicine as a career: Knowledge, attitudes and predictors in Nigerian medical students	6
Quality of systematic reviews in African emergency medicine: a cross-sectional methodological study	5
Ketamine as adjunctive or monotherapy for post-intubation sedation in patients with trauma on mechanical ventilation: A rapid review	5
Global Health abstracts	5
Clinical impact of a prehospital trauma shock bundle of care in South Africa	5
Emergency clinician output in a district hospital emergency centre: a cross-sectional analysis	5
Global Health research abstracts: March ‘24	5
Evaluation des connaissances théoriques des étudiants en médecine sur les gestes de premiers secours en République Démocratique du Congo	5
Access to acute stroke care: A retrospective descriptive analysis of stroke patients’ journey to a district hospital	5
Impact of structured basic life-support course on nurses' cardiopulmonary resuscitation knowledge and skills: Experience of a paediatric department in low-resource country	5
The views and experiences of candidates and graduates from a South African emergency medicine doctoral programme	4
Malaria and COVID-19: A double battle for Burundi	4
Predicting mortality in trauma patients - A retrospective comparison of the performance of six scoring systems applied to polytrauma patients from the emergency centre of a South African central hospi	4
A qualitative assessment of stakeholder perspectives on barriers and facilitators to emergency care delays in Northern Tanzania through the Three Delays	4
Comparison of inferior vena cava collapsibility and central venous pressure in assessing volume status in shocked patients	4
Global health research abstracts: January ‘24	4
Systemic emergency department performance in a low resource tertiary health facility in central Kenya: Micro level emergency care system evaluation	4
Prehospital care for traumatic spinal cord injury by first responders in 8 sub-Saharan African countries and 6 other low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review	4
Determining the research priorities for emergency care within the Western Cape province of South Africa: A consensus study	4
Outcomes of a Climate Change Workshop at the 2020 African Conference on Emergency Medicine	4
Analysis of risk factors for wound infection after extremity fracture caused by machete cut in a resource-limited setting	4
Evaluate the incidence, topography, management, and outcomes in patients with polytrauma in the Suez Canal and Sinai areas	4
A comparison of the effectiveness of QCPR and conventional CPR training in final-year medical students at a South African university	4
A 12-month retrospective descriptive analysis of a single helicopter emergency medical service operator in four South African provinces	4
Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice of first aid among taxi operators in a Kampala City Taxi Park, Uganda: A cross-sectional study	4
Thoracic trauma in national hospital Abuja, Nigeria: The epidemiology, injury severity and initial management options	4
The clinical characteristics and outcomes of appendicitis in a population with a high HIV-infection prevalence	4
Global Health research abstracts: September ‘24	4
Essential human and material resources for emergency care in the district hospitals of Burundi	4
Paediatric emergency care at an academic referral hospital in Mozambique	4
A descriptive study of trauma patients transported by helicopter emergency medical services to a level one trauma centre	3

Performance of the South African triage score among HIV positive individuals presenting to an emergency department	3
A consensus-based tool for capability benchmarking of emergency medical services in South Africa	3
Factors affecting initiation of palliative care in a Ugandan Emergency Department	3
Delay in hospital discharge of trauma patients in a University Hospital in Egypt: A prospective observational study	3
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the utilization of emergency medical services in Nairobi, Kenya	3
Improving the time to pain relief in the emergency department through triage nurse-initiated analgesia - a quasi-experimental study from Ethiopia	3
Pattern of trauma in elderly patients seen at the trauma centre of national hospital Abuja, Nigeria	3
Factors influencing willingness to intervene as bystanders among adult residents living in crash-prone areas in the Ashanti region of Ghana	3
Physicians' knowledge and practice concerning diagnosis and management of anaphylaxis: The situation in Egypt	3
Developing an Emergency Medicine assessment tool for medical interns within the South African context – A Modified Delphi Study	3
Knowledge and practices of epistaxis in Eastern Tanzania: A cross-sectional study of an emergency in otorhinolaryngology	3
A systematic review and meta-analysis of noradrenaline compared to adrenaline in the management of septic shock	3
The knowledge level of nurses managing critically-ill and injured patients in Ashanti Region of Ghana	3
The role of emergency medicine interest groups in the development of emergency medicine: A case of Mbarara University of Science and Technology—Emergency Medicine Interest Group (MUST-EMIG) in Uganda	3
Data completeness and quality of emergency triage in Ethiopian public tertiary hospitals: A multicenter study	3
Can plethysmographic capillary refill time predict lactate during sepsis? An observational study from Morocco	2
Injury patterns in patients with severe traumatic brain injuries from motor crashes admitted to Mulago hospital accidents & emergency unit	2
Global Health research abstracts: September ‘23	2
Epidemiological profile and performance of triage decision-making process of COVID-19 suspected cases in southern Tunisia	2
Utilisation of WhatsApp for Emergency Medical Services in Garissa, Kenya	2
Comparative study of National Emergency X-Radiography Utilization Study (NEXUS) chest algorithm and extended focused assessment with sonography for trauma (E-FAST) in the early detection of blunt ches	2
Streamlining referral decisions for childhood poisoning: a cross-sectional study from a tertiary children's hospital in Cape Town, South Africa	2
Emergency care drugs' chemical stability after eight weeks’ deployment in the prehospital setting	2
Understanding the factors that influence CT utilization for mild traumatic brain injury in a low resource setting - a qualitative study using the Theoretical Domains Framework	2
Global Health research abstracts: June ‘24	2
Perceived support needs of novice nurses working in emergency departments of selected public hospitals in Tshwane, South Africa	2
Strengthening emergency care provision in a non-emergency physician run emergency department – Experience from the Eastern Cape, South Africa	2
The activities and impacts of a community-based volunteer ambulance service in Cape Town, South Africa	2
Framework first: Key insights on developing emergency medical care policy in low- and middle-income countries	2
Adapted full-face snorkel masks as an alternative for COVID-19 personal protection during aerosol generating procedures in South Africa: A multi-centre, non-blinded in-situ simulation study	2
Utilisation of peripheral vasopressor medications and extravasation events among critically ill patients in Rwanda: A prospective cohort study	2
Global health research abstracts: March ‘23	2
The transition of patient care: Exploring the outcomes of prehospital to hospital patient handover practices and healthcare provider education	2
Factors associated with mortality among patients with penetrating non-compressible torso hemorrhage in South Africa: A retrospective cohort study	2
Development of a checklist for auditing completion of patient report forms: A Delphi study	2
Intubation during spinal motion restriction using the LuboTM cervical collar - a manikin simulation study	2
Clinical profile and outcomes of trauma patients visiting the emergency department of a trauma center Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	2
The value of shock index, modified shock index and age shock index to predict mortality and hospitalisation in a district level emergency centre	2
Abstracts from African Conference of Emergency Care 2024. Gaborone, Botswana November 2024	2
Vehicle extrication in road traffic crashes: a descriptive analysis of an advanced medical rescue service in South Africa	2
Acute trauma care training in undergraduate medical education programs in Uganda; A cross-sectional survey of final year medical students	2
Antivenom supply and demand: An analysis of antivenom availability and utilization in South Africa	2
After-hour trauma-radiograph interpretation in the emergency centre of a District Hospital	2
Global health research abstracts: July ‘23	2
Factors which affect the application and implementation of a spinal motion restriction protocol by prehospital providers in a low resource setting: A scoping review	2
Palliative care needs and barriers in an urban Ugandan Emergency Department: A mixed-methods survey of emergency healthcare workers and patients	1
Characteristics and outcomes of children initiated on high flow nasal cannula and continuous positive airway pressure at the emergency centre of a district hospital in South Africa	1
Global Health research abstracts: December ‘22	1
Trauma provision in South-West Nigeria: Epidemiology, challenges and priorities	1
Exploring trauma surgeons' views on trauma care in Nigeria: A qualitative study	1
Assault-injured youth in the emergency centres of Khayelitsha, South Africa: A prospective study of recidivism and mortality	1
Demographics and clinical characteristics of hospitalised patients under investigation for COVID-19 with an initial negative SARS-CoV-2 PCR test result	1
The ethical considerations for emergency care research in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review of the published literature	1
Effects of the Lubo cervical collar on airway patency in awake adults – A magnetic resonance imaging study	1
Acute non-traumatic abdominal pain presenting to emergency unit of a university teaching hospital in Rwanda	1
Empowering emergency nursing in Africa through research	1
Nurses’ knowledge on trauma and emergency care and associated factors in Ghanaian district hospitals	1
Global health research abstracts: February ‘25	1
An investigation into the use of Full-body Low Dose X-rays Imaging system in South Africa: Radiographer's perspective	1
Global Health abstracts	1
The evolving role of paramedicine educators: A scoping review	1
Leveraging tele-mentoring and remote learning to strengthen the emergency care capacity of health workers in Uganda	1
Triage implementation audit at the adult emergency department of Debre Tabor Comprehensive Specialized Hospital in Ethiopia	1
Drug and alcohol use in Tanzanian road traffic collision drivers	1
Assessment and reassessment of injured patients at non-tertiary hospitals in Ghana: A stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial	1
Workplace violence in three public sector emergency departments, Gauteng, South Africa: A cross-sectional survey	1
Occupational blood and body fluid exposure among emergency medical service providers in the eThekwini metropole of South Africa	1
Injury characteristics and their association with clinical complications among emergency care patients in Tanzania	1
Impact of implementation of sequential trauma education programs (STEPs) course on missed injuries in emergency polytrauma patients, Ismailia, Egypt	1
Development and delivery of a higher diploma in emergency medicine and critical care for clinical officers in Kenya	1
Barriers and facilitators to providing facility-based emergency care in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A mixed methods study	1
Prevalence and presentation of neonatal sepsis at a paediatric emergency department in Johannesburg, South Africa	1
The value of electrocardiography in predicting inpatient mortality in patients with acute pulmonary embolism: A cross sectional analysis	1
Challenges and opportunities to improve efficiency and quality of prehospital emergency care using an mHealth platform: Qualitative study in Rwanda	1
Knowledge retention and usefulness of simulation exercises for disaster medicine - what do specialty trainees know and think?	1
The knowledge and skills of emergency department registered nursing staff at an academic hospital in South Africa, on endotracheal tube cuff manometry, before and after a training session	1
An evaluation of basic life support training among medical students in Southwest Nigeria: A web-based study	1
Description and analysis of the emergency obstetric interfacility ambulance transfers (IFTs) to Kawempe National Referral Hospital in Uganda	1
Global health research abstracts: May ‘24	1
Characteristics of paediatric injuries as predictors of 24-hour disposition from the Emergency Department of a teaching hospital in Southwestern Uganda	1

A retrospective review of post-intubation sedation and analgesia practices in a South African private ambulance service	1
Variables required for the audit of quality completion of patient report forms by EMS—A scoping review	1
Financial medicine: A multi-dimensional concept moving towards contextually specific working definitions for use in the South African prehospital setting	1
Global Health research abstracts: November ‘22	1
Epidemiology and outcomes of geriatric trauma patients consulting at the center hospitalier universitaire de Kigali emergency department	1
Patients requiring palliative care attending a regional hospital emergency centre in South Africa: A descriptive study	1
Managing acute abdominal pain in the emergency centre: Lessons from a patient's experience	1
From vocational to graduation: A mixed methods study of support needs for vocational learners pursuing post-graduate education in South Africa	1