Essentials for emergency care: Lessons from an inventory assessment of an emergency centre in Sub-Saharan Africa

African Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 174-177

  Osei, Kofi Marfo ^a   Hamilton, Baker ^b   Freeman, Felicia Birch ^a   Nunoo, Nii ^a   Torrey, Susan B ^b   Soghoian, Sari ^a,b  

^a KORLE BU TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^b BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE METER; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GHANA; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; NORMAL HUMAN; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PULSE OXIMETER; RESPIRATION CONTROL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85027941115     PISSN: 2211419X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.afjem.2014.05.003     Document Type: Article

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