Epidemiology of injuries and outcomes among trauma patients receiving prehospital care at a tertiary teaching hospital in Kigali, Rwanda

Introduction: Injury accounts for 9.6% of the global mortality burden, disproportionately affecting those living in low- and middle-income countries. In an effort to improve trauma care in Rwanda, the Ministry of Health developed a prehospital service, Service d’Aide Médicale Urgente (SAMU), and est...

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Main Authors: Gabin Mbanjumucyo, Naomi George, Alexis Kearney, Naz Karim, Adam R. Aluisio, Zeta Mutabazi, Olivier Umuhire, Samuel Enumah, John W. Scott, Eric Uwitonze, Jeanne D’Arc Nyinawankusi, Jean Claude Byiringiro, Ignace Kabagema, Georges Ntakiyiruta, Sudha Jayaraman, Robert Riviello, Adam C. Levine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-12-01
Series:African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211419X16300933