A5008992530- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Disaster Response and Management
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Global Health and Surgery
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
- Neonatal and Maternal Infections
- Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Thermal Regulation in Medicine
- HIV-related health complications and treatments
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- Malaria Research and Control
- HIV/AIDS oral health manifestations
- Hospital Admissions and Outcomes
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Global Healthcare and Medical Tourism
- Liver Disease and Transplantation
Ministry of Health
2012-2024
University of Florida
2023
Ambulance Care (Sweden)
2015
Ghana Health Service
2015
Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center
2012
University of Washington
2012
Hospital Universitario de Neiva
2012
Emory University
2012
Duke University
2012
Université Libre de Bruxelles
2008
Background. Injury and other medical emergencies are becoming increasingly common in low- middle-income countries (LMICs). Many to most of the deaths from these conditions occur outside hospitals, necessitating development prehospital care. Prehospital capabilities inadequately developed meet growing needs for emergency care LMICs. Objective. In order better plan globally, this study sought understand current status a wide range Methods. A survey was conducted services (EMS) leaders key...
In this Policy Forum, the Bellagio Essential Surgery Group, which was formed to advocate for increased access surgery in Africa, recommends four priority areas national and international agencies target order address surgical burden of disease sub-Saharan Africa.
Emergency medical services (EMS) systems provide professional prehospital emergency care and transportation to help improve outcomes from conditions. Ghana's national ambulance service has relatively low public utilization in comparison with the large burden of acute disease.A survey instrument was developed using Pechansky Thomas's model access covering 5 dimensions availability, accessibility, accommodation, affordability, acceptability. The used a cross-sectional 2013 Accra, Ghana;...
Emergency Medicine as a specialty has only recently been introduced to Ghana. This article reviews the overall health and medical care systems well evolution current state of emergency in Ghana progress made establishing (EM) along Anglo-American model care. The also describes improvements implemented patient care, medicine management systems. Although there are challenges overcome, much optimism remains about future this new its ability transform face Ce n'est que récemment la...
Every year, about 1.2 million people die through road traffic crashes worldwide. Majority of these deaths occur in Africa where most their emergency medical services are underdeveloped. In 2004, Ghana established the National Ambulance Council to provide timely and efficient pre-hospital care sick injured. Pre-hospital service is essential for accident victims since it has potential saving lives. The study sought determine relationship between trauma survival rate response time emergencies...
Background: Conditions requiring emergency treatment disproportionately affect low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where there is often insufficient prehospital care capacity. To inform targeted development in Ghana, we aimed to describe spatial access formal services identify ambulance stations for capacity expansion. Methods: Cost distance methods were used evaluate areal population-level within 30 60 minutes of each the 128 Ghana. With network analysis methods, a two-step floating...
Introduction This study aimed to document the growth and challenges encountered in decade since inception of National Ambulance Service (NAS) Ghana, West Africa. By doing so, potentially instructive examples for other low- middle-income countries (LMICs) planning a formal prehospital care system or attempting identify ways improve existing emergency services could be identified.Data routinely collected by Ghana NAS from 2004-2014 were described, including: patient demographics, reason call,...
<h3>Key Messages</h3> Local limitations on protected time for research, ethical review, technology, and training threaten the productivity development of investigators in low- middle-income countries. National governments many countries underprioritize research or thwart its progress through political repression instability. At international level, must compete with advantaged from high-income nations funding publications.
The ADAPT guidance proposes a process model for adapting evidence-informed interventions to novel contexts. Herein, we leveraged this adapt paediatric nighttime telemedicine and medication delivery service from Haiti, setting with low malaria prevalence, Ghana, where is leading cause of mortality. Core components the intervention were defined conserved. Discretionary identified considered adaptation. was by workflow involving call guardian sick child, assessment, referral severe cases,...
Objectives: To assess the diagnostic utility of combining measurement blood procalcitonin (PCT) concentrations with presence a biphasic transmittance waveform (BPW) from activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) to identify sepsis in critically ill patients. Design: Prospective observational study. Setting: Thirty-one-bed university hospital department medico-surgical intensive care. Patients: Two hundred consecutive adult patients admitted during 3-month period. Measurements and Main...
Background: We aimed to assess the structure, function and performance of Ashanti Region's emergency medical services system in context regional need for prehospital care.Design: A mixed-methods approach was employed, using retrospective collection quantitative data prospectively gathered qualitative data. Setting – pertinent were collected from Ghanaian international sources; interviews technical assessments performed primarily Region Ghana.Participants: All stakeholders relevant Ghana...
Oxygen therapy is an integral part of emergency and immediate post-operative management. The study sought to gain full understanding on nurses' perspectives clinical administration oxygen within the environment. employed a descriptive qualitative design achieve its objectives. was conducted at adult unit, Surgical Medical Emergency, Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH). target population nurses. A purposive sample 12 nurses; six from each unit were involved in...
Objective/setting To provide a population-based analysis of childhood road traffic injuries (RTI) in two communities the greater Accra region Ghana, with goal establishing an RTI incidence baseline these and to identify characteristics order model targeted injury prevention programme. Study design Geographical cluster sampling was performed separate household surveys administered person determine denominator. The guardian responsible for any members below age 15 years involved within...
Emergency medical services (EMS) are minimally developed in many African countries. We sought to document the achievements and challenges faced by National Ambulance Service (NAS) of Ghana during its 20-year nationwide expansion, understand how well it is providing access previously unserved, remoter areas.
We sought to evaluate the prerequisites (demand, interest, feasibility) for adapting a paediatric nighttime telemedicine and medication delivery service (TMDS) Ghana.A cross-sectional survey of households associated healthcare providers was conducted in urban rural Ghana. Households were identified through randomised geospatial sampling; with at least one child <10 years enrolled. Household surveys collected information relating demographics, household resources, standardised case scenarios,...
The National Ambulance Service (NAS) provides emergency medical services throughout Ghana and trains technicians (EMTs) at the NAS Prehospital Emergency Care Training School (PECTS). Currently majority of EMT training occurs primarily in a traditional didactic format. Students faculty were interviewed to better understand their views current curriculum. Additionally, any barriers integration simulation-based learning assessed. Following interviews, was trained conduct obstetric neonatal...
ENWEndNote BIBJabRef, Mendeley RISPapers, Reference Manager, RefWorks, Zotero AMA Richard S, Tampouri J, Sackey M, Zakariah A. Human immunodeficiency virus and cerebrovascular diseases – review. HIV & AIDS Review. International Journal of HIV-Related Problems. 2017;16(4):212-219. doi:10.5114/hivar.2017.71874. APA Richard, S., Tampouri, J., Sackey, M., Zakariah, (2017). Problems, 16(4), 212-219. https://doi.org/10.5114/hivar.2017.71874 Chicago Seidu A., John Marian Ahmed N. Zakariah. 2017....