Acute care needs in a rural Sub-Saharan African Emergency Centre: A retrospective analysis

Acute care needs in a rural Sub-Saharan African Emergency Centre: A retrospective analysis

Introduction: In June of 2008, Karoli Lwanga (“Nyakibale”) Hospital and Global Emergency Care Collaborative (GECC) opened the first functional Emergency Centre (EC) in rural Uganda. GECC is developing a training programme for a new cadre of midlevel Emergency Care Practitioners (ECPs), to increase a...

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Main Authors: Usha Periyanayagam, Brad Dreifuss, Heather Hammerstedt, Stacey Chamberlain, Sara Nelson, Kamugisha Jon Bosco, Koshaba Pellone, Mark Bisanzo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-12-01
Series:African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
Rural
Uganda
Emergency Department
Training
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211419X12001103

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