African Journal of Emergency Medicine

Article	Citations
Impact of lockdown measures implemented during the Covid-19 pandemic on the burden of trauma presentations to a regional emergency department in Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa	67
Patterns of road traffic accident, nature of related injuries, and post-crash outcome determinants in western Ethiopia - a hospital based study	19
Survival status and predictors of mortality among traumatic brain injury patients in an Ethiopian hospital: A retrospective cohort study	18
Prehospital care for traumatic spinal cord injury by first responders in 8 sub-Saharan African countries and 6 other low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review	16
Level of emergency and disaster preparedness of public hospitals in Northwest Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study	13
Trauma training in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review of ATLS alternatives	12
Results from the implementation of the World Health Organization Basic Emergency Care Course in Lagos, Nigeria	12
Management of acute fever in children: Consensus recommendations for community and primary healthcare providers in sub-Saharan Africa	12
Climate change and emergency care in Africa: A scoping review	11
Clinical outcome and comparison of burn injury scoring systems in burn patient in Indonesia	11
Temporal changes in trauma according to alcohol sale restrictions during the South African national COVID-19 lockdown	11
Facilitating the development of emergency nursing in Africa: Operational challenges and successes	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
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever during the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa: Efforts, recommendations and challenges at hand	10
Injured and broke: The impacts of the Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) on service delivery and catastrophic health expenditure among seriously injured children	10
Prevalence and outcome of sepsis and septic shock in intensive care units in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A prospective observational study	9
Informing future policy for trauma prevention: The effect of the COVID-19 ‘National state of disaster lockdown’ on the trauma burden of a tertiary trauma centre in the Western Cape of South Africa	9
Two simple replacements for the Triage Early Warning Score to facilitate the South African Triage Scale in low resource settings	9
Areas of delay related to prolonged length of stay in an emergency department of an academic hospital in South Africa	9
Guidance we can trust? The status and quality of prehospital clinical guidance in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review	8
The status and future of emergency care in the Republic of Kenya	8
Effect of family presence on pain and anxiety levels among patients during invasive nursing procedures in an emergency department at a public hospital in Western Iran	8
A baseline review of the ability of hospitals in Kenya to provide emergency and critical care services for COVID-19 patients	8
Design and construction of a simplified, gas-driven, pressure-controlled emergency ventilator	8
Malaria and COVID-19: A double battle for Burundi	8

Barriers to the implementation of prehospital thrombolysis in the treatment of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in South Africa: An exploratory inquiry	7
Comparison of inferior vena cava collapsibility and central venous pressure in assessing volume status in shocked patients	7
Please do not put a chest drain in my chest! Vanishing lung syndrome	7
The characteristics and outcomes of trauma admissions to an adult general surgery ward in a tertiary teaching hospital	7
Diagnostic accuracy and reliability of smartphone captured radiologic images communicated via WhatsApp®	7
A comparison of the effectiveness of QCPR and conventional CPR training in final-year medical students at a South African university	7
Impact of structured basic life-support course on nurses' cardiopulmonary resuscitation knowledge and skills: Experience of a paediatric department in low-resource country	7
Ricin poisoning after oral ingestion of castor beans: A case report and literature review	6
Measuring patient experience in the emergency department: A scoping review	6
Awareness, attitude and perceived knowledge regarding First Aid in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: A cross-sectional household survey	6
Rapid reversal of vasoplegia with methylene blue in calcium channel blocker poisoning	6
Application of the World Health Organization's Basic Emergency Care course in Zambia	6
Epidemiology of prehospital trauma deaths in Malawi: A retrospective cohort study	6
Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice of first aid among taxi operators in a Kampala City Taxi Park, Uganda: A cross-sectional study	6
Factors affecting utilization of traditional bonesetters in the Northern Region of Ghana	6
A mandatory Emergency Medicine clerkship influences students' career choices in a developing system	6
Road traffic accident clinical pattern and management outcomes at JUMC Emergency Department; Ethiopia	6
The effects of the COVID-19 lockdown and alcohol restriction on trauma-related emergency department cases in a South African regional hospital	5
Implementation and evaluation of a pilot WHO community first aid responder training in Kinshasa, DR Congo: A mixed method study	5
Injury burdens and care delivery in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic in Kigali, Rwanda: A prospective interrupted cross-sectional study	5
Reasons for patients with non-urgent conditions attending the emergency department in Kenya: A qualitative study	5
Feasibility of project ECHO telementoring to build capacity among non-specialist emergency care providers	5
The accuracy of nurse-led triage of adult patients in the emergency centre of urban private hospitals	5
After-hour trauma-radiograph interpretation in the emergency centre of a District Hospital	5
Health-related reasons patients transfer from a clinic or health post to the Emergency Department in a District Hospital in Botswana	5
Pattern of trauma in elderly patients seen at the trauma centre of national hospital Abuja, Nigeria	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
Awareness and attitude of final year students towards the learning and practice of cardiopulmonary resuscitation at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria	5
An analysis of the descriptors of acute myocardial infarction used by South Africans when calling for an ambulance from a private emergency call centre	4
A qualitative study of COVID-19 related reasons for delayed presentation of patients with chest pain during the COVID-19 pandemic	4
Stroke knowledge among emergency centre visitors: A cross-sectional multicenter survey	4
Core competencies required by toxicology graduates in order to function effectively in a Poisons Information Centre: A Delphi study	4
Access to acute stroke care: A retrospective descriptive analysis of stroke patients’ journey to a district hospital	4
Utilisation of peripheral vasopressor medications and extravasation events among critically ill patients in Rwanda: A prospective cohort study	4
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	4
The air up there - Chilaiditi's syndrome: A case report and review of the literature	4
Prevalence and presentation of neonatal sepsis at a paediatric emergency department in Johannesburg, South Africa	4
Family presence during patient acute deterioration: A survey of nurses' attitudes and reflection on COVID-19 in an African setting	4
Observed benefits of a major trauma centre in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria	4
Firearm injuries among children due to the Kivu conflict from 2017 to 2020: A hospital-based retrospective descriptive cohort study	4
A retrospective comparison of the burden of organophosphate poisoning to an Intensive Care Unit in Soweto over two separate periods	4
Prevalence and risk factors of acute kidney injury in polytrauma patients at Muhimbili Orthopedic Institute, Tanzania	4
Combat injuries sustained by troops on counter terrorism and counter-insurgency operations in North east Nigeria: Implications for intervention	4
Do-it-yourself PET-bottle manikin: An understudied means for enhancing massive CPR training in a simple and affordable way	4
Current use and perceived barriers of emergency point-of-care ultrasound by African health care practitioners	4
Injury characteristics and their association with clinical complications among emergency care patients in Tanzania	4
The burden of HIV and tuberculosis on the resuscitation area of an urban district-level hospital in Cape Town	4
Diagnostic Performance of Point of Care Ultrasound Compared to Chest X-Ray in Patients with Hypoxia at a Teaching Hospital Emergency Department in Uganda	4
Pre-course online cases for the world health organization's basic emergency care course in Uganda: A mixed methods analysis	4
Factors which affect the application and implementation of a spinal motion restriction protocol by prehospital providers in a low resource setting: A scoping review	4

Factors influencing willingness to intervene as bystanders among adult residents living in crash-prone areas in the Ashanti region of Ghana	4
An electronic survey of preferred podcast format and content requirements among trainee emergency medicine specialists in four Southern African universities	4
The effect of personal protective equipment on cardiac compression quality	4
Emergency medicine as a career: Knowledge, attitudes and predictors in Nigerian medical students	3
The utility of serial chest X-rays for detection of delayed pneumothorax, haemothorax or haemopneumothorax following penetrating thoracic injury	3
Impact of nursing education and a monitoring tool on outcomes in traumatic brain injury	3
The burden of diabetic emergencies on the resuscitation area of a district-level public hospital in Cape Town	3
Prevalence and correlates of depression and substance use disorders in emergency department populations: A cross-sectional study at East Africa's largest public hospital	3
Impact of implementation of sequential trauma education programs (STEPs) course on missed injuries in emergency polytrauma patients, Ismailia, Egypt	3
Evaluation of the clinical outcome of captopril use for hypertensive urgency in Khartoum State's emergency centres	3
Assessment of substance use among injured persons seeking emergency care in Nairobi, Kenya	3
From the pandemic's front lines: A social responsibility initiative to develop an international free online emergency medicine course for medical students	3
Reaching further: Lessons from the implementation of the WHO Basic Emergency Care Course Companion App in Tanzania	3
Ethylene glycol poisoning: A diagnostic challenge in a patient with persistent seizures and a severe metabolic acidosis	3
Monitoring of characteristics of the patients visiting an emergency center in Cameroon through the development of hospital patient database	3
Training, knowledge, experience and perceptions regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation of doctors at an academic hospital in central South Africa	3
A descriptive study of trauma patients transported by helicopter emergency medical services to a level one trauma centre	3
A prospective, internal validation of an emergency patient triage tool for use in a low resource setting	3
Clinical profile and outcomes of trauma patients visiting the emergency department of a trauma center Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	3
The views and experiences of candidates and graduates from a South African emergency medicine doctoral programme	3
Paediatric emergency care at an academic referral hospital in Mozambique	3
Adult medical emergency unit presentations due to adverse drug reactions in a setting of high HIV prevalence	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
A descriptive analysis of the casemix presenting to a tertiary hospital emergency centre in East London, South Africa	3
The variables predictive of ambulance non-conveyance of patients in the Western Cape, South Africa	3
Developing sustainable prehospital trauma education in Rwanda	3
Outcomes of a Climate Change Workshop at the 2020 African Conference on Emergency Medicine	3
A descriptive study of the use of cardiac point of care ultrasound (PoCUS) in public emergency centres in Cape Town	3
Characteristics and outcomes of patients with an unscheduled return visit within 72 hours to the Paediatric Emergency Centre at a Private Tertiary Referral Hospital in Kenya	3
Streamlining referral decisions for childhood poisoning: a cross-sectional study from a tertiary children's hospital in Cape Town, South Africa	3
Five-year analysis of clinical presentations and predictors of stroke mortality in rural Southwestern Nigeria: A retrospective observational study	3
Utilisation of WhatsApp for Emergency Medical Services in Garissa, Kenya	2
Non-specialist emergency medicine qualifications in Africa: Lessons from the South African Diploma in Primary Emergency Care	2
Description and analysis of the emergency obstetric interfacility ambulance transfers (IFTs) to Kawempe National Referral Hospital in Uganda	2
Patients requiring palliative care attending a regional hospital emergency centre in South Africa: A descriptive study	2
SARS-CoV-2 in children and their accompanying caregivers: Implications for testing strategies in resource limited hospitals	2
Triage guideline for immunocompromised children with fever in an emergency centre in Ethiopia	2
Infants 21–90 days presenting with a possible serious bacterial infection – are evaluation algorithms from high income countries applicable in the South African public health sector?	2
The understandability and quality of telephone-guided bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the Western Cape province of South Africa: A manikin-based study	2
A cohort of pediatric injury patients from a hospital-based trauma registry in Northern Tanzania	2
Financial medicine as a source of moral distress: An unrecognised pathway to moral injury in the South African EMS systems	2
Predictors of mortality in emergency centre patients with acute pesticide poisoning in Uganda	2
Effectiveness of handover practices between emergency department and intensive care unit nurses	2
Strengthening emergency care by developing data collection systems in low- and middle-income countries	2
Evaluation, management, and analysis of demographic and radiological characteristics of patients with renal colic at a tertiary hospital in Somalia	2
A qualitative assessment of stakeholder perspectives on barriers and facilitators to emergency care delays in Northern Tanzania through the Three Delays	2
Knowledge retention and usefulness of simulation exercises for disaster medicine - what do specialty trainees know and think?	2
Comparison of the effects of different treatment protocols on mortality in patients presenting with an INR≥10 due to warfarin-associated over-anticoagulation	2
Out of hospital emergency care in Nigeria: A narrative review	2
CT-guided retrieval of a fractured intravenous cannula in a toddler: A case report	2
Severe traumatic brain injuries secondary to motor vehicle crashes in two Namibian regions: A retrospective review	2
Spectrum of urological emergencies and surgical interventions in a single tertiary health center	2
Compliance with hygiene practices among healthcare workers at an academic hospital emergency department	2
Is non-operative treatment of acute appendicitis possible: A narrative review	2
Demographics and clinical characteristics of hospitalised patients under investigation for COVID-19 with an initial negative SARS-CoV-2 PCR test result	2
The reporting of adverse events in Johannesburg Academic Emergency Departments	2
Impact of community-based first responder development for the management of drowning casualties in rural areas of Bangladesh	2
Community‐acquired pneumonia and its predictors of mortality in rural southwestern Nigeria: A‐five year retrospective observational study	2
The lived experiences of emergency care personnel in the Western Cape, South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal hermeneutic phenomenological study	2
In-home interpersonal violence: Sex based prevalence and outcomes	2
Pattern of admissions and outcome in the children emergency department of a tertiary health institution in Southwestern Nigeria: A four-year review	2
Emergency department overcrowding and its associated factors at HARME medical emergency center in Eastern Ethiopia	2
Ketamine as adjunctive or monotherapy for post-intubation sedation in patients with trauma on mechanical ventilation: A rapid review	2
Chest trauma epidemiology and emergency department management in a tertiary teaching hospital in Kigali, Rwanda	2
Qualitative needs assessment for paediatric emergency care in Kampala, Uganda	2
The views and experiences of Zambia's emergency medicine registrars in South Africa: Lessons for the development of emergency care in Zambia	2
Outcomes of patients with thoraco-abdominal gunshot wounds operatively managed at a district hospital in Cape Town, South Africa	2
Comparison of paediatric weight estimation methods at a tertiary hospital in Ghana	2
A 12-month retrospective descriptive analysis of a single helicopter emergency medical service operator in four South African provinces	2
Assault-injured youth in the emergency centres of Khayelitsha, South Africa: A prospective study of recidivism and mortality	2
Physicians' knowledge and practice concerning diagnosis and management of anaphylaxis: The situation in Egypt	2
Patients' satisfaction with emergency care services in a University Teaching Hospital in South-West, Nigeria	2
Antivenom supply and demand: An analysis of antivenom availability and utilization in South Africa	2
Analysis of risk factors for wound infection after extremity fracture caused by machete cut in a resource-limited setting	2
Assessing awareness and attitude of Egyptian medical students towards emergency medicine as a specialty and career choice: A single-institutional study	1
Bedside colorimetric reagent dipstick in the diagnosis of meningitis in low– and middle–income countries: A prospective, international blinded comparison with laboratory analysis	1
Palliative care needs and barriers in an urban Ugandan Emergency Department: A mixed-methods survey of emergency healthcare workers and patients	1
Implementation of a fast triage score for patients arriving to a low resource hospital in Uganda	1
Clinical mortality risk factors of variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding in a Malagasy surgical intensive care unit	1
Systematic review on epidemiology, interventions and management of noncommunicable diseases in acute and emergency care settings in Kenya	1

Factors affecting initiation of palliative care in a Ugandan Emergency Department	1
Emergency clinician output in a district hospital emergency centre: a cross-sectional analysis	1
Perceptions and reflections of early graduates of the first emergency medicine residency program in Ethiopia: A qualitative study	1
Assessment of documented adherence to critical actions in paediatric emergency care at a district-level public hospital in South Africa	1
Emergency centre patients in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Some epidemiological and clinical aspects at Beni General Referral Hospital	1
Drug and alcohol use in Tanzanian road traffic collision drivers	1
It might be a tumor: a unique presentation of a chronic rotator cuff tear	1
Challenges and opportunities to improve efficiency and quality of prehospital emergency care using an mHealth platform: Qualitative study in Rwanda	1
Epidemiological profile and performance of triage decision-making process of COVID-19 suspected cases in southern Tunisia	1
Trauma provision in South-West Nigeria: Epidemiology, challenges and priorities	1
The characteristics of geriatric patients managed within the resuscitation unit of a district-level emergency centre in Cape Town	1
The initiative for medical equity and global health (IMEGH) resuscitation training program: A model for resuscitation training courses in Africa	1
The barriers and facilitators to the telephonic application of the FAST assessment for stroke in a private emergency dispatch centre in South Africa	1
Occupational blood and body fluid exposure among emergency medical service providers in the eThekwini metropole of South Africa	1
Prognostic accuracy of eight triage scores in suspected COVID-19 in an Emergency Department low-income setting: An observational cohort study	1
How Health Care Practitioners experience emergencies at Primary Health Care facilities – Kinks in the chain of survival	1
Analgesia use in trauma patients at a university teaching hospital in Kigali, Rwanda	1
Emergency preparedness capacity of a university hospital in Ghana: a cross-sectional study	1
Epidemiology and outcomes of geriatric trauma patients consulting at the center hospitalier universitaire de Kigali emergency department	1
Nurses and emergency nursing care in Botswana	1
The value of shock index, modified shock index and age shock index to predict mortality and hospitalisation in a district level emergency centre	1
Palliation, end-of-life care and burns; practical issues, spiritual care and care of the family – A narrative review II	1
Knowledge in pre-hospital emergency and risk management among outdoor adventure practitioners in East Africa afro-alpine mountains	1
Managing acute abdominal pain in the emergency centre: Lessons from a patient's experience	1
Standardised management of atraumatic epistaxis for improved outcomes in an emergency department with off-site ear, nose and throat cover - A quality improvement project	1
Comparative mortality for children at one hospital in Kenya staffed with pediatric emergency medicine specialists	1
A cross sectional study of the availability of paediatric emergency equipment in South African emergency units	1
Age-related laryngoscopic visual acuity	1
Profile of referrals to an intensive care unit from a regional hospital emergency centre in KwaZulu-Natal	1
Development and delivery of a higher diploma in emergency medicine and critical care for clinical officers in Kenya	1
Physical restraint within the prehospital Emergency Medical Care Environment: A scoping review	1
Strengthening prehospital clinical practice guideline development in South Africa: Reflections from guideline experts	1
Low prevalence of atrial fibrillation in ischaemic stroke: Underestimating a modifiable risk factor	1
The ethical considerations for emergency care research in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review of the published literature	1
Accuracy of two-rescuer adult CPR performed by medical registrars at a South African university	1
Association between volume resuscitation & mortality among injured patients at a tertiary care hospital in Kigali, Rwanda	1
Experiences and Interventions by Botswana police officers in providing emergency care in road traffic collisions in the greater Gaborone region	1
The prevalence, management, and thirty-day outcomes of symptomatic atrial fibrillation in a Tanzanian emergency department	1
Clinical impact of a prehospital trauma shock bundle of care in South Africa	1
Adopting a ‘System of Caring' as a leadership strategy toward professionalisation within South African emergency medical services: A grounded theory	1
Successful use of an improvised bubble CPAP device for severe respiratory distress caused by pulmonary tuberculosis	1
Frailty screening of Tunisian older adults: feasibility and usefulness in the Emergency Department	1
An evaluation of basic life support training among medical students in Southwest Nigeria: A web-based study	1