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

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

The World Health Organization (WHO) has published lists of essential equipment and supplies for delivering emergency care in resource-limited settings. The objective of this study was to assess material resources available for adult emergency care at a major academic tertiary care referral centre in...

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Main Authors:	Kofi Marfo Osei, Baker Hamilton, Felicia Birch Freeman, Nii Nunoo, Susan B. Torrey, Sari Soghoian
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2014-12-01
Series:	African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211419X14000664

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