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	21
Emergency preparedness capacity of a university hospital in Ghana: a cross-sectional study	14
Acute organophosphorus toxicity in a regional hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa: A retrospective chart review	14
Non-specialist emergency medicine qualifications in Africa: Lessons from the South African Diploma in Primary Emergency Care	13
Implementation of a fast triage score for patients arriving to a low resource hospital in Uganda	13
Accuracy of focused cardiac ultrasound interpretation among emergency and critical care medicine residents in Ethiopia: A multi-center cross-sectional study	13
Massive influx of victims: staff preparedness and facility readiness of Tunisian general University Hospitals.	12
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
Effectiveness of the South African Triage Scale in improving patient outcomes: a qualitative exploration of Ghanian nurses' experiences	11
The assessment and management of acute trauma pain in a Cape Town, South Africa Emergency Centre: A retrospective chart review	11
South African palliative care provider perspectives on emergency medical services in palliative situations	10
Workplace violence against nurses in the Emergency Department in a Ghanaian Tertiary Hospital	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
An observational simulation-based study of the accuracy of intercostal drain placement and factors influencing placement	10
Artificial intelligence in clinical toxicology in Africa: Emerging applications and barriers	10
Experiences of injured patients referred to higher levels of care after initial assessment and management at non-tertiary hospitals in Ghana	9
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
Consensus-based research priorities for post-collision care in the Western Cape province of South Africa	9
Systematic Review of Emergency Severity Index (ESI) triage tool's utility in predicting mortality and critical care unit admission in Emergency Departments	9
Financial medicine as a source of moral distress: An unrecognised pathway to moral injury in the South African EMS systems	9
Global health research abstracts: April ‘23	9
Global Health research abstracts: Jul ‘24	9

Disaster response readiness assessment of public hospitals in Addis Ababa City, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	8
Nurses and emergency nursing care in Botswana	8
A descriptive analysis of the casemix presenting to a tertiary hospital emergency centre in East London, South Africa	8
Global Health research abstracts: October ‘25	8
Chest trauma epidemiology and emergency department management in a tertiary teaching hospital in Kigali, Rwanda	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
Current use and perceived barriers of emergency point-of-care ultrasound by African health care practitioners	8
Global health research abstracts: February ‘24	8
The new injury severity score underestimates true injury severity in a resource-constrained setting	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	7
Emergency laparotomy for peritonitis in the elderly: A Multicentre observational study of outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa	7
Prognostic accuracy of eight triage scores in suspected COVID-19 in an Emergency Department low-income setting: An observational cohort study	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
Physical restraint within the prehospital Emergency Medical Care Environment: A scoping review	6
Evaluation des connaissances théoriques des étudiants en médecine sur les gestes de premiers secours en République Démocratique du Congo	6
Emergency clinician output in a district hospital emergency centre: a cross-sectional analysis	6
Time delays in emergency stroke care in a low-resource referral hospital in Ghana	6
Quality of systematic reviews in African emergency medicine: a cross-sectional methodological study	6
Critical care transfers of ventilator-dependent patients from operating theatres to Critical Care Units in a South African Metropole	6
Knowledge, attitude and practice of emergency care providers on obstetric haemorrhage in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A cross-sectional study	6
Ketamine as adjunctive or monotherapy for post-intubation sedation in patients with trauma on mechanical ventilation: A rapid review	6
Examining the burden of unintentional injuries in Ghana: A systematic review and meta-analysis	6
The competency requirements for emergency medical services call takers and dispatchers - a scoping review	5
Comparison of inferior vena cava collapsibility and central venous pressure in assessing volume status in shocked patients	5
Global Health research abstracts: March ‘24	5
Global Health abstracts	5
Determining the research priorities for emergency care within the Western Cape province of South Africa: A consensus study	5
Disaster preparedness knowledge, attitude, and practice among Emergency Department staff in Ethiopian Hospitals	5
Global Health research abstracts: September ‘24	5
Analysis of risk factors for wound infection after extremity fracture caused by machete cut in a resource-limited setting	5
A qualitative assessment of stakeholder perspectives on barriers and facilitators to emergency care delays in Northern Tanzania through the Three Delays	5
Access to acute stroke care: A retrospective descriptive analysis of stroke patients’ journey to a district hospital	5
The clinical characteristics and outcomes of appendicitis in a population with a high HIV-infection prevalence	5
Thoracic trauma in national hospital Abuja, Nigeria: The epidemiology, injury severity and initial management options	4
Global Health research abstracts: November ‘25	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 descriptive study of trauma patients transported by helicopter emergency medical services to a level one trauma centre	4
Knowledge and practice of adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation among nurses in the Emergency Department of a tertiary hospital in Ghana	4
Essential human and material resources for emergency care in the district hospitals of Burundi	4
A systematic review and meta-analysis of noradrenaline compared to adrenaline in the management of septic shock	4
Prehospital care utilization and associated factors among trauma patients during armed conflict: A mixed-methods study in west Amhara, Ethiopia referral hospitals	4
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the utilization of emergency medical services in Nairobi, Kenya	4
Advanced responder training priorities in Kenya: A Delphi study with implications for low- and middle- income countries	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
Evaluate the incidence, topography, management, and outcomes in patients with polytrauma in the Suez Canal and Sinai areas	4
Developing an Emergency Medicine assessment tool for medical interns within the South African context – A Modified Delphi Study	4

Performance of the South African triage score among HIV positive individuals presenting to an emergency department	4
Abstracts from African Conference of Emergency Care 2024. Gaborone, Botswana November 2024	3
Global health research abstracts: March ‘23	3
Exploring the knowledge and practice of calcium channel blocker overdose management among South African Emergency Medicine doctors	3
Clinical profile and outcome of patients with acute kidney injury in the Emergency Department of a teaching hospital in Ethiopia	3
A scoping review of global approaches to education in adult critical care retrieval	3
Analysing research trends: A descriptive study of abstracts submitted to the African Conference on Emergency Medicine 2024	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
A consensus-based tool for capability benchmarking of emergency medical services in South Africa	3
Utilisation of WhatsApp for Emergency Medical Services in Garissa, Kenya	3
The activities and impacts of a community-based volunteer ambulance service in Cape Town, South Africa	3
Global Health research abstracts: September ‘23	3
Acute trauma care training in undergraduate medical education programs in Uganda; A cross-sectional survey of final year medical students	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
The knowledge level of nurses managing critically-ill and injured patients in Ashanti Region of Ghana	3
Assessment of Sydney Triage to Admission Risk Tool (START) on Egyptian Emergency Department performance	3
Knowledge and practices of epistaxis in Eastern Tanzania: A cross-sectional study of an emergency in otorhinolaryngology	3
“More fun than studying or reading a textbook” – Perceptions of a boardgame intervention on toxicology education	3
Vehicle extrication in road traffic crashes: a descriptive analysis of an advanced medical rescue service in South Africa	3
The transition of patient care: Exploring the outcomes of prehospital to hospital patient handover practices and healthcare provider education	3
Multi-method approach to the development of contextual telephone triage systems	3
Antivenom supply and demand: An analysis of antivenom availability and utilization in South Africa	3
Global Health research abstracts: September ‘25	3
Streamlining referral decisions for childhood poisoning: a cross-sectional study from a tertiary children's hospital in Cape Town, South Africa	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
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
Factors influencing willingness to intervene as bystanders among adult residents living in crash-prone areas in the Ashanti region of Ghana	3
Perceived support needs of novice nurses working in emergency departments of selected public hospitals in Tshwane, South Africa	3
Embracing 3D printing in emergency medicine training in Africa	3
Development of a checklist for auditing completion of patient report forms: A Delphi study	2
Rescue sedation administered to mechanically ventilated patients undergoing interhospital transfer by a South African aeromedical service: A retrospective review	2
Global Health research abstracts: June ‘24	2
Global health research abstracts: July ‘23	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
Emergency care drugs' chemical stability after eight weeks’ deployment in the prehospital setting	2
Workplace violence in three public sector emergency departments, Gauteng, South Africa: A cross-sectional survey	2
A retrospective review of post-intubation sedation and analgesia practices in a South African private ambulance service	2
Trauma provision in South-West Nigeria: Epidemiology, challenges and priorities	2
Characteristics of paediatric injuries as predictors of 24-hour disposition from the Emergency Department of a teaching hospital in Southwestern Uganda	2
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	2
Improving emergency care capacity with the WHO-ICRC Basic Emergency Care (BEC) course	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
Intubation during spinal motion restriction using the LuboTM cervical collar - a manikin simulation study	2
After-hour trauma-radiograph interpretation in the emergency centre of a District Hospital	2
Framework first: Key insights on developing emergency medical care policy in low- and middle-income countries	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
Can plethysmographic capillary refill time predict lactate during sepsis? An observational study from Morocco	2
Leveraging tele-mentoring and remote learning to strengthen the emergency care capacity of health workers in Uganda	2
Effects of the Lubo cervical collar on airway patency in awake adults – A magnetic resonance imaging study	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 which affect the application and implementation of a spinal motion restriction protocol by prehospital providers in a low resource setting: A scoping review	2
Strengthening emergency care provision in a non-emergency physician run emergency department – Experience from the Eastern Cape, South Africa	2
Injury patterns in patients with severe traumatic brain injuries from motor crashes admitted to Mulago hospital accidents & emergency unit	2
Clinical profile and outcomes of trauma patients visiting the emergency department of a trauma center Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	2
Factors associated with mortality among patients with penetrating non-compressible torso hemorrhage in South Africa: A retrospective cohort study	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	2
Implementing the WHO/ICRC Basic Emergency Care course training for health workers in conflict-affected regions in Somalia	2
Maintenance of competence in rarely performed clinical skills by advanced life support providers in Gauteng, South Africa: A mixed-methods study	1
Global Health research abstracts: November ‘22	1
Palliative care needs and barriers in an urban Ugandan Emergency Department: A mixed-methods survey of emergency healthcare workers and patients	1
Description and analysis of the emergency obstetric interfacility ambulance transfers (IFTs) to Kawempe National Referral Hospital in Uganda	1
Patients requiring palliative care attending a regional hospital emergency centre in South Africa: A descriptive 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
Financial medicine: A multi-dimensional concept moving towards contextually specific working definitions for use in the South African prehospital setting	1
An evaluation of basic life support training among medical students in Southwest Nigeria: A web-based study	1
Barriers and facilitators to providing facility-based emergency care in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A mixed methods study	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
Emergency care capacity in Sierra Leone: A multicentre 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
Development and delivery of a higher diploma in emergency medicine and critical care for clinical officers in Kenya	1
Global Health abstracts	1
Magnitude and associated factors of discharge against medical advice among patients treated in the adult Emergency Department at an Ethiopian University Hospital	1
The value of electrocardiography in predicting inpatient mortality in patients with acute pulmonary embolism: A cross sectional analysis	1
Utilization of advanced resuscitation skills among doctors and nurses in Uganda	1
Prehospital emergency response and management of pregnancy-associated haemorrhage in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study	1
The evolving role of paramedicine educators: 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
Exhaled carbon monoxide concentration in correlation to clinical parameters to detect carbon monoxide poisoning among fire victims in an Egyptian Emergency Department	1
Effects of a pilot simulation training on interdisciplinary closed-loop communication and time to critical actions at an emergency centre in Burundi	1
Challenges and opportunities to improve efficiency and quality of prehospital emergency care using an mHealth platform: Qualitative study in Rwanda	1
Exploring trauma surgeons' views on trauma care in Nigeria: A qualitative study	1
Global Health research abstracts: December ‘22	1
Audit of emergency airway drugs and equipment at a Johannesburg hospital	1
Global health research abstracts: March ‘26	1
Predictors of mortality in emergency centre patients with acute pesticide poisoning in Uganda	1
From vocational to graduation: A mixed methods study of support needs for vocational learners pursuing post-graduate education in South Africa	1
Editorial - AfJEM Dec 2025	1
Determining the level of resilience amongst critical care transport professionals in a fixed-wing air ambulance environment	1
Global health research abstracts: February ‘25	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
Prevalence and presentation of neonatal sepsis at a paediatric emergency department in Johannesburg, South Africa	1
The critical role of emergency departments in managing infectious disease outbreaks: Lessons from the Rwanda Marburg virus response	1
Triage implementation audit at the adult emergency department of Debre Tabor Comprehensive Specialized Hospital in Ethiopia	1
Variables required for the audit of quality completion of patient report forms by EMS—A scoping review	1
Assessing the relationship between armed conflict and infectious disease incidence in Six Sub-Saharan Countries: Implications for Emergency Departments in conflict areas	1
Multistakeholder perspectives on geographical accessibility to emergency obstetric care in Benin City, Nigeria	1
Junior doctors' interpretation of the electrocardiogram: a cross-sectional survey in South African hospitals	1
Nurses’ knowledge on trauma and emergency care and associated factors in Ghanaian district hospitals	1
Global health research abstracts: November ‘24	1
Pain treatment practices and their impact on patient satisfaction in an Ethiopian Emergency Department: a prospective observational study	1
Mapping the evidence of emergency nursing research in WHO Afro-region states: A Scoping Review	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
Injury characteristics and their association with clinical complications among emergency care patients in Tanzania	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
Epidemiology and outcomes of geriatric trauma patients consulting at the center hospitalier universitaire de Kigali emergency department	1