African Journal of Emergency Medicine

Papers
(The TQCC of African Journal of Emergency Medicine is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
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 Africa67
Patterns of road traffic accident, nature of related injuries, and post-crash outcome determinants in western Ethiopia - a hospital based study19
Survival status and predictors of mortality among traumatic brain injury patients in an Ethiopian hospital: A retrospective cohort study18
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 review16
Level of emergency and disaster preparedness of public hospitals in Northwest Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study13
Management of acute fever in children: Consensus recommendations for community and primary healthcare providers in sub-Saharan Africa12
Trauma training in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review of ATLS alternatives12
Results from the implementation of the World Health Organization Basic Emergency Care Course in Lagos, Nigeria12
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 learned11
Climate change and emergency care in Africa: A scoping review11
Clinical outcome and comparison of burn injury scoring systems in burn patient in Indonesia11
Temporal changes in trauma according to alcohol sale restrictions during the South African national COVID-19 lockdown11
Facilitating the development of emergency nursing in Africa: Operational challenges and successes11
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever during the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa: Efforts, recommendations and challenges at hand10
Injured and broke: The impacts of the Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) on service delivery and catastrophic health expenditure among seriously injured children10
Prevalence and outcome of sepsis and septic shock in intensive care units in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A prospective observational study9
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 Africa9
Two simple replacements for the Triage Early Warning Score to facilitate the South African Triage Scale in low resource settings9
Areas of delay related to prolonged length of stay in an emergency department of an academic hospital in South Africa9
Guidance we can trust? The status and quality of prehospital clinical guidance in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review8
The status and future of emergency care in the Republic of Kenya8
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 Iran8
A baseline review of the ability of hospitals in Kenya to provide emergency and critical care services for COVID-19 patients8
Design and construction of a simplified, gas-driven, pressure-controlled emergency ventilator8
Malaria and COVID-19: A double battle for Burundi8
Barriers to the implementation of prehospital thrombolysis in the treatment of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in South Africa: An exploratory inquiry7
Comparison of inferior vena cava collapsibility and central venous pressure in assessing volume status in shocked patients7
Please do not put a chest drain in my chest! Vanishing lung syndrome7
The characteristics and outcomes of trauma admissions to an adult general surgery ward in a tertiary teaching hospital7
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 university7
Impact of structured basic life-support course on nurses' cardiopulmonary resuscitation knowledge and skills: Experience of a paediatric department in low-resource country7
A mandatory Emergency Medicine clerkship influences students' career choices in a developing system6
Road traffic accident clinical pattern and management outcomes at JUMC Emergency Department; Ethiopia6
Ricin poisoning after oral ingestion of castor beans: A case report and literature review6
Measuring patient experience in the emergency department: A scoping review6
Awareness, attitude and perceived knowledge regarding First Aid in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: A cross-sectional household survey6
Rapid reversal of vasoplegia with methylene blue in calcium channel blocker poisoning6
Application of the World Health Organization's Basic Emergency Care course in Zambia6
Epidemiology of prehospital trauma deaths in Malawi: A retrospective cohort study6
Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice of first aid among taxi operators in a Kampala City Taxi Park, Uganda: A cross-sectional study6
Factors affecting utilization of traditional bonesetters in the Northern Region of Ghana6
The effects of the COVID-19 lockdown and alcohol restriction on trauma-related emergency department cases in a South African regional hospital5
Implementation and evaluation of a pilot WHO community first aid responder training in Kinshasa, DR Congo: A mixed method study5
Injury burdens and care delivery in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic in Kigali, Rwanda: A prospective interrupted cross-sectional study5
Reasons for patients with non-urgent conditions attending the emergency department in Kenya: A qualitative study5
Feasibility of project ECHO telementoring to build capacity among non-specialist emergency care providers5
The accuracy of nurse-led triage of adult patients in the emergency centre of urban private hospitals5
After-hour trauma-radiograph interpretation in the emergency centre of a District Hospital5
Health-related reasons patients transfer from a clinic or health post to the Emergency Department in a District Hospital in Botswana5
Pattern of trauma in elderly patients seen at the trauma centre of national hospital Abuja, Nigeria5
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 hospi5
Awareness and attitude of final year students towards the learning and practice of cardiopulmonary resuscitation at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria5
An electronic survey of preferred podcast format and content requirements among trainee emergency medicine specialists in four Southern African universities4
The effect of personal protective equipment on cardiac compression quality4
An analysis of the descriptors of acute myocardial infarction used by South Africans when calling for an ambulance from a private emergency call centre4
A qualitative study of COVID-19 related reasons for delayed presentation of patients with chest pain during the COVID-19 pandemic4
Stroke knowledge among emergency centre visitors: A cross-sectional multicenter survey4
Core competencies required by toxicology graduates in order to function effectively in a Poisons Information Centre: A Delphi study4
Access to acute stroke care: A retrospective descriptive analysis of stroke patients’ journey to a district hospital4
Utilisation of peripheral vasopressor medications and extravasation events among critically ill patients in Rwanda: A prospective cohort study4
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 ches4
The air up there - Chilaiditi's syndrome: A case report and review of the literature4
Prevalence and presentation of neonatal sepsis at a paediatric emergency department in Johannesburg, South Africa4
Family presence during patient acute deterioration: A survey of nurses' attitudes and reflection on COVID-19 in an African setting4
Observed benefits of a major trauma centre in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria4
Firearm injuries among children due to the Kivu conflict from 2017 to 2020: A hospital-based retrospective descriptive cohort study4
A retrospective comparison of the burden of organophosphate poisoning to an Intensive Care Unit in Soweto over two separate periods4
Prevalence and risk factors of acute kidney injury in polytrauma patients at Muhimbili Orthopedic Institute, Tanzania4
Combat injuries sustained by troops on counter terrorism and counter-insurgency operations in North east Nigeria: Implications for intervention4
Do-it-yourself PET-bottle manikin: An understudied means for enhancing massive CPR training in a simple and affordable way4
Current use and perceived barriers of emergency point-of-care ultrasound by African health care practitioners4
Injury characteristics and their association with clinical complications among emergency care patients in Tanzania4
The burden of HIV and tuberculosis on the resuscitation area of an urban district-level hospital in Cape Town4
Diagnostic Performance of Point of Care Ultrasound Compared to Chest X-Ray in Patients with Hypoxia at a Teaching Hospital Emergency Department in Uganda4
Pre-course online cases for the world health organization's basic emergency care course in Uganda: A mixed methods analysis4
Factors which affect the application and implementation of a spinal motion restriction protocol by prehospital providers in a low resource setting: A scoping review4
Factors influencing willingness to intervene as bystanders among adult residents living in crash-prone areas in the Ashanti region of Ghana4
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