Essential Emergency and Critical Care: a consensus among global clinical experts

Autor: Samuel Akech, Mike English, Thomas G Weiser, Adam D Laytin, Niranjan Kissoon, Jaran Eriksen, Lovenish Bains, Fred Bulamba, Claudia Hanson, Maria Jirwe, Jolene Moore, Mpoki Ulisubisya, Vincent Ioos, Kent Doi, Lee A Wallis, Tom Bashford, Kapil Dev Soni, Nobhojit Roy, Franco Diaz, Mulinda Nyirenda, Nicholas Risko, Hendry R Sawe, Jacob McKnight, Alexandra Wharton-Smith, Jamie Rylance, Monty Khajanchi, Gavin Wooldridge, Emmanuel Fru Nsutebu, Lisa Kurland, Peter Baker, John C Marshall, Kathryn Rowan, Usha Lalla, Balasubramanian Venkatesh, Cornelius Sendagire, Neill KJ Adhikari, Tim Baker, Brian Rice, Josephine Langton, Elisabeth Riviello, Fiona Muttalib, Francis Mupeta, Jacquie Oliwa, Stefan Swartling Peterson, Andrew G Smith, Lorna Guinness, Megan Cox, Wim Van Damme, John Kellett, Elizabeth M Molyneux, Richard Venn, Andrea B Pembe, Mervyn Mer, Ignacio Martin-Loeches, Raymond Towey, Lina Zhang, Blaise Pascal, Hiral A Shah, Carl Otto Schell, Karima Khalid, Paul D Sonenthal, Alex Sanga, Raphael K. Kayambankadzanja, Adam Asghar, Adrian J Holloway, Ahmed Rhassane El Adib, Alexia Michaelides, Alvaro Coronado Munoz, Amos Muzuka, Analía Fernández, Andreas Wellhagen, Anita Gadgil, Anna Hvarfner, Anuja Abayadeera, Asya Agulnik, Aurélie Godard, Bargo Mahamat Yousif, Bhakti Sarang Ben Morton, Bharath Kumar, Tirupakuzhi Vijayaraghavan, Bobby King, C Louise Thwaites, Chian Wern Tai, Christian Owoo, Dan Brun Petersen, Daniel Tatay, David Lee Skinner, Denis Kinyua, Dhruva Ghosh, Diptesh Aryal, Donald Mlombwa, Duyen Thi, Hanh Bui, Edwin R Lugazia, Ellena Heyns, Erika Montalvo, Ernesto Gerardo Moreno, Esther Banda Kanyangira, Furaha Nzanzu, Gibonce Mwakisambwe, Guy A Richards, Hala Ammar, Halinder S Mangat, Hasanein H Ghali, Hoi Ping Shum, Ibrahim Salim Abdullahi, Ingrid T von der Osten, James S Lee, Jane Kasozi Namagga, Jasmine Armour-Marshall, John Z Metcalfe, Jonas Blixt, Juan Gutierrez Mejia, Juan Ignacio Silesky-Jiménez, Karl Martin Kohne, Kazuhiro Yokobatake, Kristina E. Rudd, Kwame Asante Akuamoah-Boateng, Lars Irestedt, Lia I Losonczy, Margaret Nyaika, Markus Castegren, Matthew Loftus, Matti Reinikainen, Michael Jaung, Michael S Lipnick, Miklos Lipcey, Märit Amanda Halmin, Naman Shah, Natalie L Cobb, Nathan D Nielsen, Neville Vlok, Ntogwiachu Daniel Kobuh, Oscar Fernández Rostello, Patricia Duque, Paul Patrick Mwasapi, Petronella Bjurling-Sjöberg, Piedad Sarmiento, Pryanka Relan, Rebecca Silvers, Rehema Mlay, Rich Branson, Richard J Wang, Richard Kojan, Richard Peter Von Rahden, Rob Mac Sweeney, Rodrigo Genaro Arduini, Rodwell Gundo, Ruyumbu Sixtus, Samson Kwazizira Mndolo, Shada A. Rouhani, Siriel Nanzia Massawe, Steven A Webb, Sunkaru Touray, Susana Guido, Teresa Kortz, Theodoros Aslanidis, Traci A Wolbrink, V Theodore Barnett, Vijay Christopher Kannan, Waleed S Eldebsy, Wangari Waweru-Siika, Wezzie Kumwenda Mwafulirwa, William Obeng, Yasein Omer, Zione Banda

Publikováno v: BMJ Global Health, Vol 6, Iss 9 (2021)

Background Globally, critical illness results in millions of deaths every year. Although many of these deaths are potentially preventable, the basic, life-saving care of critically ill patients are often overlooked in health systems. Essential Emerge

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/de5537511f7749b889a3e7d97b1f863c

Head injury burden in a major referral hospital emergency centre in Botswana

Autor: Megan Cox, Timothy D. Becker, Mpapho Motsumi

Publikováno v: African Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol 8, Iss 3, Pp 100-105 (2018)

Introduction: This study describes the demographics, aetiology, emergency centre diagnosis and severity indicators of patients with head injuries presenting to the largest referral hospital emergency centre in Botswana. Methods: Cross-sectional retro

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/1f3037ddd48e4d1d81de1562ecc4418c

Free Open Access Medical Education resource knowledge and utilisation amongst Emergency Medicine trainees: A survey in four countries

Autor: Natalie Thurtle, Colin Banks, Megan Cox, Tilley Pain, Jeremy Furyk

Publikováno v: African Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 12-17 (2016)

Introduction Free Open Access Medical Education encompasses a broad array of free online resources and discussion fora. The aim of this paper was to describe whether Emergency Medicine trainees in different contexts know about Free Open Access Medica

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/8d48f420c9654fdfa3a497943a49ace0

Assessment of nurses’ cardiopulmonary resuscitation knowledge and skills within three district hospitals in Botswana

Autor: Lakshmi Rajeswaran, Megan Cox, Stoffel Moeng, Billy M. Tsima

Publikováno v: African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp e1-e6 (2018)

Background: Nurses are usually the first to identify the need for and initiate cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on patients with cardiopulmonary arrest in the hospital setting. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation has been shown to reduce in-hospital dea

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/3a2bc548751749f58b347d2619a6217a

An unusual tourist. A case of a body packer’s death in Botswana

Autor: Megan Cox, Mukendi Kayembe

Publikováno v: African Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol 5, Iss 2, Pp e9-e10 (2015)

Death as a result of body packing syndrome is not well described within Africa (including Botswana) and therefore not commonly considered in a differential diagnosis. We describe a fatal presentation of a toxicological emergency related to body packi

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/4547f4c9e0614c0aabb834a3b0536044