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	28
Emergency centre patients in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Some epidemiological and clinical aspects at Beni General Referral Hospital	27
Emergency preparedness capacity of a university hospital in Ghana: a cross-sectional study	19
Acute organophosphorus toxicity in a regional hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa: A retrospective chart review	17
Awareness, attitude and perceived knowledge regarding First Aid in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: A cross-sectional household survey	13
Artificial intelligence in clinical toxicology in Africa: Emerging applications and barriers	13
Non-specialist emergency medicine qualifications in Africa: Lessons from the South African Diploma in Primary Emergency Care	12
Training and certification in first responder care among mountaineering practitioners in east Africa	11
Workplace violence against nurses in the Emergency Department in a Ghanaian Tertiary Hospital	11
Climate change and emergency care in Africa: A scoping review	11
Massive influx of victims: staff preparedness and facility readiness of Tunisian general University Hospitals.	11
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	11
Accuracy of focused cardiac ultrasound interpretation among emergency and critical care medicine residents in Ethiopia: A multi-center cross-sectional study	11
Implementation of a fast triage score for patients arriving to a low resource hospital in Uganda	11
Financial medicine as a source of moral distress: An unrecognised pathway to moral injury in the South African EMS systems	10
Barriers to accessing appendectomy in the public sector health system in the Western Cape Province, South Africa	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
The assessment and management of acute trauma pain in a Cape Town, South Africa Emergency Centre: A retrospective chart review	10
South African palliative care provider perspectives on emergency medical services in palliative situations	10
An observational simulation-based study of the accuracy of intercostal drain placement and factors influencing placement	10
Pre-course online cases for the world health organization's basic emergency care course in Uganda: A mixed methods analysis	10
A descriptive analysis of the casemix presenting to a tertiary hospital emergency centre in East London, South Africa	9
Level of emergency and disaster preparedness of public hospitals in Northwest Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study	9
Experiences of injured patients referred to higher levels of care after initial assessment and management at non-tertiary hospitals in Ghana	9
A cohort of pediatric injury patients from a hospital-based trauma registry in Northern Tanzania	9

Consensus-based research priorities for post-collision care in the Western Cape province of South Africa	9
Global Health research abstracts: Jul ‘24	9
Global health research abstracts: April ‘23	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	8
Global Health research abstracts: October ‘25	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
Incidence of mortality and predictors among patients with shock managed in the emergency room of a tertiary hospital in Ethiopia	8
Nurses and emergency nursing care in Botswana	8
Global health research abstracts: February ‘24	8
The new injury severity score underestimates true injury severity in a resource-constrained setting	7
Computed tomography benefits and cost in hemodynamically stable patients with blunt abdominal trauma at an Egyptian University Hospital	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
Prognostic accuracy of eight triage scores in suspected COVID-19 in an Emergency Department low-income setting: An observational cohort study	7
Global health research abstracts: December ‘24	7
Physical restraint within the prehospital Emergency Medical Care Environment: A scoping review	6
Knowledge, attitude and practice of emergency care providers on obstetric haemorrhage in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A cross-sectional study	6
Quality of systematic reviews in African emergency medicine: a cross-sectional methodological study	6
Time delays in emergency stroke care in a low-resource referral hospital in Ghana	6
Emergency clinician output in a district hospital emergency centre: a cross-sectional analysis	6
Emergency laparotomy for peritonitis in the elderly: A Multicentre observational study of outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa	6
Evaluation des connaissances théoriques des étudiants en médecine sur les gestes de premiers secours en République Démocratique du Congo	6
Comparison of inferior vena cava collapsibility and central venous pressure in assessing volume status in shocked patients	5
Analysis of risk factors for wound infection after extremity fracture caused by machete cut in a resource-limited setting	5
The clinical characteristics and outcomes of appendicitis in a population with a high HIV-infection prevalence	5
Ketamine as adjunctive or monotherapy for post-intubation sedation in patients with trauma on mechanical ventilation: A rapid review	5
Determining the research priorities for emergency care within the Western Cape province of South Africa: A consensus study	5
A qualitative assessment of stakeholder perspectives on barriers and facilitators to emergency care delays in Northern Tanzania through the Three Delays	5
The competency requirements for emergency medical services call takers and dispatchers - a scoping review	5
Access to acute stroke care: A retrospective descriptive analysis of stroke patients’ journey to a district hospital	5
Global Health research abstracts: March ‘24	5
Global Health abstracts	5
Thoracic trauma in national hospital Abuja, Nigeria: The epidemiology, injury severity and initial management options	5
Critical care transfers of ventilator-dependent patients from operating theatres to Critical Care Units in a South African Metropole	5
Examining the burden of unintentional injuries in Ghana: A systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Global Health research abstracts: September ‘24	5
Essential human and material resources for emergency care in the district hospitals of Burundi	4
Global Health research abstracts: November ‘25	4
Evaluate the incidence, topography, management, and outcomes in patients with polytrauma in the Suez Canal and Sinai areas	4
Global health research abstracts: January ‘24	4
The views and experiences of candidates and graduates from a South African emergency medicine doctoral programme	4
A 12-month retrospective descriptive analysis of a single helicopter emergency medical service operator in four South African provinces	4
A comparison of the effectiveness of QCPR and conventional CPR training in final-year medical students at a South African university	4
Systemic emergency department performance in a low resource tertiary health facility in central Kenya: Micro level emergency care system evaluation	4
Knowledge and practice of adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation among nurses in the Emergency Department of a tertiary hospital in Ghana	4
A systematic review and meta-analysis of noradrenaline compared to adrenaline in the management of septic shock	4
Who is the emergency care community? A qualitative exploration of stakeholder roles and relationships in engaged research within a South African provincial emergency care system	3
Analysing research trends: A descriptive study of abstracts submitted to the African Conference on Emergency Medicine 2024	3

Developing an Emergency Medicine assessment tool for medical interns within the South African context – A Modified Delphi Study	3
The activities and impacts of a community-based volunteer ambulance service in Cape Town, South Africa	3
Performance of the South African triage score among HIV positive individuals presenting to an emergency department	3
Vehicle extrication in road traffic crashes: a descriptive analysis of an advanced medical rescue service in South Africa	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
Antivenom supply and demand: An analysis of antivenom availability and utilization in South Africa	3
Data completeness and quality of emergency triage in Ethiopian public tertiary hospitals: A multicenter study	3
A consensus-based tool for capability benchmarking of emergency medical services in South Africa	3
Prehospital care utilization and associated factors among trauma patients during armed conflict: A mixed-methods study in west Amhara, Ethiopia referral hospitals	3
Acute trauma care training in undergraduate medical education programs in Uganda; A cross-sectional survey of final year medical students	3
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the utilization of emergency medical services in Nairobi, Kenya	3
Streamlining referral decisions for childhood poisoning: a cross-sectional study from a tertiary children's hospital in Cape Town, South Africa	3
Utilisation of peripheral vasopressor medications and extravasation events among critically ill patients in Rwanda: A prospective cohort study	3
Factors influencing willingness to intervene as bystanders among adult residents living in crash-prone areas in the Ashanti region of Ghana	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
“More fun than studying or reading a textbook” – Perceptions of a boardgame intervention on toxicology education	3
Knowledge and practices of epistaxis in Eastern Tanzania: A cross-sectional study of an emergency in otorhinolaryngology	3
Clinical profile and outcome of patients with acute kidney injury in the Emergency Department of a teaching hospital in Ethiopia	3
A descriptive study of trauma patients transported by helicopter emergency medical services to a level one trauma centre	3
Global Health research abstracts: September ‘25	3
The knowledge level of nurses managing critically-ill and injured patients in Ashanti Region of Ghana	3
Global health research abstracts: March ‘23	3
Global Health research abstracts: September ‘23	3
Utilisation of WhatsApp for Emergency Medical Services in Garissa, Kenya	3
Improving the time to pain relief in the emergency department through triage nurse-initiated analgesia - a quasi-experimental study from Ethiopia	3
Multi-method approach to the development of contextual telephone triage systems	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
Abstracts from African Conference of Emergency Care 2024. Gaborone, Botswana November 2024	2
Global health research abstracts: July ‘23	2
Occupational blood and body fluid exposure among emergency medical service providers in the eThekwini metropole of South Africa	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
Characteristics of paediatric injuries as predictors of 24-hour disposition from the Emergency Department of a teaching hospital in Southwestern Uganda	2
Strengthening emergency care provision in a non-emergency physician run emergency department – Experience from the Eastern Cape, South Africa	2
Framework first: Key insights on developing emergency medical care policy in low- and middle-income countries	2
Injury patterns in patients with severe traumatic brain injuries from motor crashes admitted to Mulago hospital accidents & emergency unit	2
After-hour trauma-radiograph interpretation in the emergency centre of a District Hospital	2
Factors contributing to extended length of stay in the emergency department and potential strategies for improving patient flow in a central hospital in the Gauteng Province, South Africa	2
Intubation during spinal motion restriction using the LuboTM cervical collar - a manikin simulation study	2
Improving emergency care capacity with the WHO-ICRC Basic Emergency Care (BEC) course	2
Assessment and reassessment of injured patients at non-tertiary hospitals in Ghana: A stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial	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
Factors associated with mortality among patients with penetrating non-compressible torso hemorrhage in South Africa: A retrospective cohort study	2
An assessment of emergency care capacity at three hospitals in the Harare metropol, Zimbabwe: A descriptive cross-sectional study using the WHO Hospital Emergency Assessment Tool (HEAT)	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
Emergency care drugs' chemical stability after eight weeks’ deployment in the prehospital setting	2
The transition of patient care: Exploring the outcomes of prehospital to hospital patient handover practices and healthcare provider education	2
Embracing 3D printing in emergency medicine training in Africa	2
Clinical profile and outcomes of trauma patients visiting the emergency department of a trauma center Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	2
Development of a checklist for auditing completion of patient report forms: A Delphi study	2
A retrospective review of post-intubation sedation and analgesia practices in a South African private ambulance service	2
Can plethysmographic capillary refill time predict lactate during sepsis? An observational study from Morocco	2
Workplace violence in three public sector emergency departments, Gauteng, South Africa: A cross-sectional survey	2
Trauma beyond the limbs: Epidemiology and outcomes of non-extremity penetrating trauma in a tertiary hospital Emergency Department, Eastern Cape, South Africa	2
Global health research abstracts: May ‘24	1
Maintenance of competence in rarely performed clinical skills by advanced life support providers in Gauteng, South Africa: A mixed-methods study	1
Prehospital emergency response and management of pregnancy-associated haemorrhage in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study	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 ‘23	1
Emergency care capacity in Sierra Leone: A multicentre analysis	1
Predictors of mortality in emergency centre patients with acute pesticide poisoning in Uganda	1
Global Health abstracts	1
Exhaled carbon monoxide concentration in correlation to clinical parameters to detect carbon monoxide poisoning among fire victims in an Egyptian Emergency Department	1
Global health research abstracts: February ‘25	1
Mapping the evidence of emergency nursing research in WHO Afro-region states: A Scoping Review	1
An investigation into the use of Full-body Low Dose X-rays Imaging system in South Africa: Radiographer's perspective	1
Patients requiring palliative care attending a regional hospital emergency centre in South Africa: A descriptive study	1
Magnitude and associated factors of discharge against medical advice among patients treated in the adult Emergency Department at an Ethiopian University Hospital	1
Development and delivery of a higher diploma in emergency medicine and critical care for clinical officers in Kenya	1
Challenges and opportunities to improve efficiency and quality of prehospital emergency care using an mHealth platform: Qualitative study in Rwanda	1
From vocational to graduation: A mixed methods study of support needs for vocational learners pursuing post-graduate education in South Africa	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
Editorial - AfJEM Dec 2025	1
Effects of a pilot simulation training on interdisciplinary closed-loop communication and time to critical actions at an emergency centre in Burundi	1
Acute non-traumatic abdominal pain presenting to emergency unit of a university teaching hospital in Rwanda	1
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on presentations with suicidal behaviour in a tertiary hospital Emergency Centre in the Eastern Cape, South Africa–A cross-sectional analysis	1
Differences in quality indicators of emergency care between on- and off-hours at Ghanaian district hospitals	1
Global health research abstracts: August ‘24	1
The evolving role of paramedicine educators: A scoping review	1
Impact of implementation of sequential trauma education programs (STEPs) course on missed injuries in emergency polytrauma patients, Ismailia, Egypt	1

Injury characteristics and their association with clinical complications among emergency care patients in Tanzania	1
The critical role of emergency departments in managing infectious disease outbreaks: Lessons from the Rwanda Marburg virus response	1
Effects of the Lubo cervical collar on airway patency in awake adults – A magnetic resonance imaging study	1
Nurses’ knowledge on trauma and emergency care and associated factors in Ghanaian district hospitals	1
Prevalence and presentation of neonatal sepsis at a paediatric emergency department in Johannesburg, South Africa	1
Epidemiology and outcomes of geriatric trauma patients consulting at the center hospitalier universitaire de Kigali emergency department	1
Leveraging tele-mentoring and remote learning to strengthen the emergency care capacity of health workers in Uganda	1
Global Health research abstracts: November ‘22	1
Trauma provision in South-West Nigeria: Epidemiology, challenges and priorities	1
Effectiveness of early warning scores in predicting in-hospital mortality and adverse events in adult general-ward patients in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review	1
Variables required for the audit of quality completion of patient report forms by EMS—A scoping review	1
Global Health research abstracts: December ‘22	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
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
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever during the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa: Efforts, recommendations and challenges at hand	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
Assessing the relationship between armed conflict and infectious disease incidence in Six Sub-Saharan Countries: Implications for Emergency Departments in conflict areas	1
Description and analysis of the emergency obstetric interfacility ambulance transfers (IFTs) to Kawempe National Referral Hospital in Uganda	1
The value of electrocardiography in predicting inpatient mortality in patients with acute pulmonary embolism: A cross sectional analysis	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
Exploring trauma surgeons' views on trauma care in Nigeria: A qualitative study	1
An evaluation of basic life support training among medical students in Southwest Nigeria: A web-based study	1