Pre-referral stabilization and compliance with WHO guidelines for trauma care among adult patients referred to an urban emergency department of a tertiary referral hospital in Tanzania

Pre-referral stabilization and compliance with WHO guidelines for trauma care among adult patients referred to an urban emergency department of a tertiary referral hospital in Tanzania

Abstract Background The outcomes of trauma are considered to be time dependent. Efficient and timely pre-referral stabilization of trauma patients has been shown to impact survival. Tanzania has no formal pre-hospital or trauma system. World Health Organisation has provided a set of standards for in...

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Main Authors: Nanyori J. Lucumay, Hendry R. Sawe, Amour Mohamed, Erasto Sylvanus, Upendo George, Juma A. Mfinanga, Ellen J. Weber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:BMC Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
Initial stabilization
Trauma patients
Pre-referral
Emergency care
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12873-019-0237-2

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