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	29
Emergency preparedness capacity of a university hospital in Ghana: a cross-sectional study	24
Emergency centre patients in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Some epidemiological and clinical aspects at Beni General Referral Hospital	21
Acute organophosphorus toxicity in a regional hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa: A retrospective chart review	19
Awareness, attitude and perceived knowledge regarding First Aid in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: A cross-sectional household survey	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	17
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	15
Training and certification in first responder care among mountaineering practitioners in east Africa	13
Pre-course online cases for the world health organization's basic emergency care course in Uganda: A mixed methods analysis	13
Climate change and emergency care in Africa: A scoping review	12
Non-specialist emergency medicine qualifications in Africa: Lessons from the South African Diploma in Primary Emergency Care	12
Massive influx of victims: staff preparedness and facility readiness of Tunisian general University Hospitals.	12
Barriers to accessing appendectomy in the public sector health system in the Western Cape Province, South Africa	11
South African palliative care provider perspectives on emergency medical services in palliative situations	11
Financial medicine as a source of moral distress: An unrecognised pathway to moral injury in the South African EMS systems	11
An observational simulation-based study of the accuracy of intercostal drain placement and factors influencing placement	10
Bedside colorimetric reagent dipstick in the diagnosis of meningitis in low– and middle–income countries: A prospective, international blinded comparison with laboratory analysis	10
Incidence and factors associated with being a victim of community assault; retrospective review of medical records in an Emergency Centre	10
Level of emergency and disaster preparedness of public hospitals in Northwest Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study	9
Global Health research abstracts: Jul ‘24	9
A cohort of pediatric injury patients from a hospital-based trauma registry in Northern Tanzania	9
Five-year analysis of clinical presentations and predictors of stroke mortality in rural Southwestern Nigeria: A retrospective observational study	9
Experiences of injured patients referred to higher levels of care after initial assessment and management at non-tertiary hospitals in Ghana	9
Chest trauma epidemiology and emergency department management in a tertiary teaching hospital in Kigali, Rwanda	8

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

Factors affecting initiation of palliative care in a Ugandan Emergency Department	3
Performance of the South African triage score among HIV positive individuals presenting to an emergency department	3
Data completeness and quality of emergency triage in Ethiopian public tertiary hospitals: A multicenter study	3
Improving the time to pain relief in the emergency department through triage nurse-initiated analgesia - a quasi-experimental study from Ethiopia	3
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	3
Utilisation of WhatsApp for Emergency Medical Services in Garissa, Kenya	3
Physicians' knowledge and practice concerning diagnosis and management of anaphylaxis: The situation in Egypt	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
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the utilization of emergency medical services in Nairobi, Kenya	3
Knowledge and practices of epistaxis in Eastern Tanzania: A cross-sectional study of an emergency in otorhinolaryngology	3
Vehicle extrication in road traffic crashes: a descriptive analysis of an advanced medical rescue service in South Africa	3
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	3
Utilisation of peripheral vasopressor medications and extravasation events among critically ill patients in Rwanda: A prospective cohort study	3
Delay in hospital discharge of trauma patients in a University Hospital in Egypt: A prospective observational study	3
Acute trauma care training in undergraduate medical education programs in Uganda; A cross-sectional survey of final year medical students	3
Developing an Emergency Medicine assessment tool for medical interns within the South African context – A Modified Delphi Study	3
The knowledge level of nurses managing critically-ill and injured patients in Ashanti Region of Ghana	3
The transition of patient care: Exploring the outcomes of prehospital to hospital patient handover practices and healthcare provider education	2
Framework first: Key insights on developing emergency medical care policy in low- and middle-income countries	2
Global Health research abstracts: June ‘24	2
Global health research abstracts: May ‘24	2
Demographics and clinical characteristics of hospitalised patients under investigation for COVID-19 with an initial negative SARS-CoV-2 PCR test result	2
A retrospective review of post-intubation sedation and analgesia practices in a South African private ambulance service	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
Workplace violence in three public sector emergency departments, Gauteng, South Africa: A cross-sectional survey	2
Clinical profile and outcomes of trauma patients visiting the emergency department of a trauma center Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	2
The activities and impacts of a community-based volunteer ambulance service in Cape Town, South Africa	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
Perceived support needs of novice nurses working in emergency departments of selected public hospitals in Tshwane, South Africa	2
Can plethysmographic capillary refill time predict lactate during sepsis? An observational study from Morocco	2
Development of a checklist for auditing completion of patient report forms: A Delphi study	2
Assault-injured youth in the emergency centres of Khayelitsha, South Africa: A prospective study of recidivism and mortality	2
Characteristics of paediatric injuries as predictors of 24-hour disposition from the Emergency Department of a teaching hospital in Southwestern Uganda	2
Effects of the Lubo cervical collar on airway patency in awake adults – A magnetic resonance imaging study	2
Occupational blood and body fluid exposure among emergency medical service providers in the eThekwini metropole of South Africa	2
Strengthening emergency care provision in a non-emergency physician run emergency department – Experience from the Eastern Cape, South Africa	2
The ethical considerations for emergency care research in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review of the published literature	2
Injury patterns in patients with severe traumatic brain injuries from motor crashes admitted to Mulago hospital accidents & emergency unit	2
Streamlining referral decisions for childhood poisoning: a cross-sectional study from a tertiary children's hospital in Cape Town, South Africa	2
Global Health research abstracts: September ‘23	2
Abstracts from African Conference of Emergency Care 2024. Gaborone, Botswana November 2024	2
Epidemiological profile and performance of triage decision-making process of COVID-19 suspected cases in southern Tunisia	2
Factors associated with mortality among patients with penetrating non-compressible torso hemorrhage in South Africa: A retrospective cohort study	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
Assessment and reassessment of injured patients at non-tertiary hospitals in Ghana: A stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial	2
Intubation during spinal motion restriction using the LuboTM cervical collar - a manikin simulation study	2
Global health research abstracts: July ‘23	2
Global health research abstracts: March ‘23	2
Emergency care drugs' chemical stability after eight weeks’ deployment in the prehospital setting	2
After-hour trauma-radiograph interpretation in the emergency centre of a District Hospital	2
The value of electrocardiography in predicting inpatient mortality in patients with acute pulmonary embolism: A cross sectional analysis	1
Survival status and predictors of mortality among traumatic brain injury patients in an Ethiopian hospital: A retrospective cohort study	1
Predictors of mortality in emergency centre patients with acute pesticide poisoning in Uganda	1
Injury characteristics and their association with clinical complications among emergency care patients in Tanzania	1
Nurses’ knowledge on trauma and emergency care and associated factors in Ghanaian district hospitals	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
Global Health research abstracts: November ‘22	1
Exploring trauma surgeons' views on trauma care in Nigeria: A qualitative study	1
From vocational to graduation: A mixed methods study of support needs for vocational learners pursuing post-graduate education in South Africa	1
An investigation into the use of Full-body Low Dose X-rays Imaging system in South Africa: Radiographer's perspective	1
Temporal changes in trauma according to alcohol sale restrictions during the South African national COVID-19 lockdown	1
Financial medicine: A multi-dimensional concept moving towards contextually specific working definitions for use in the South African prehospital setting	1
Empowering emergency nursing in Africa through research	1
Leveraging tele-mentoring and remote learning to strengthen the emergency care capacity of health workers in Uganda	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
Barriers and facilitators to providing facility-based emergency care in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A mixed methods study	1
Global health research abstracts: November ‘24	1
The burden of diabetic emergencies on the resuscitation area of a district-level public hospital in Cape Town	1
Differences in quality indicators of emergency care between on- and off-hours at Ghanaian district hospitals	1
Global health research abstracts: February ‘25	1
Global health research abstracts: August ‘24	1
Palliative care needs and barriers in an urban Ugandan Emergency Department: A mixed-methods survey of emergency healthcare workers and patients	1
Stroke in Djibouti	1
Triage implementation audit at the adult emergency department of Debre Tabor Comprehensive Specialized Hospital in Ethiopia	1
Development and delivery of a higher diploma in emergency medicine and critical care for clinical officers in Kenya	1
Trauma provision in South-West Nigeria: Epidemiology, challenges and priorities	1
Diagnostic accuracy and reliability of smartphone captured radiologic images communicated via WhatsApp®	1
Drug and alcohol use in Tanzanian road traffic collision drivers	1
An evaluation of basic life support training among medical students in Southwest Nigeria: A web-based study	1
Epidemiology and outcomes of geriatric trauma patients consulting at the center hospitalier universitaire de Kigali emergency department	1

Prevalence and presentation of neonatal sepsis at a paediatric emergency department in Johannesburg, South Africa	1
Diagnostic Performance of Point of Care Ultrasound Compared to Chest X-Ray in Patients with Hypoxia at a Teaching Hospital Emergency Department in Uganda	1
Emergency care capacity in Sierra Leone: A multicentre analysis	1
Mapping the evidence of emergency nursing research in WHO Afro-region states: A Scoping Review	1
Global Health research abstracts: December ‘22	1
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever during the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa: Efforts, recommendations and challenges at hand	1
The evolving role of paramedicine educators: A scoping review	1
Patients requiring palliative care attending a regional hospital emergency centre in South Africa: A descriptive study	1
Acute non-traumatic abdominal pain presenting to emergency unit of a university teaching hospital in Rwanda	1
Global Health abstracts	1
Description and analysis of the emergency obstetric interfacility ambulance transfers (IFTs) to Kawempe National Referral Hospital in Uganda	1
Impact of implementation of sequential trauma education programs (STEPs) course on missed injuries in emergency polytrauma patients, Ismailia, Egypt	1
Managing acute abdominal pain in the emergency centre: Lessons from a patient's experience	1
Challenges and opportunities to improve efficiency and quality of prehospital emergency care using an mHealth platform: Qualitative study in Rwanda	1
Variables required for the audit of quality completion of patient report forms by EMS—A scoping review	1