Triage conducted by lay-staff and emergency training reduces paediatric mortality in the emergency department of a rural hospital in Northern Mozambique

Triage conducted by lay-staff and emergency training reduces paediatric mortality in the emergency department of a rural hospital in Northern Mozambique

Introduction: The majority of emergency paediatric death in African countries occur within the first 24 h of admission. A coloured triage system is widely implemented in high-income countries and the emergency triage and assessment treatment (ETAT) is recommended by the World Health Organization, bu...

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Main Authors: Johanna Dekker-Boersema, Jonas Hector, Laura Frances Jefferys, Clemência Binamo, Deavis Camilo, Gerard Muganga, Mussa Manuel Aly, Ernesto Belario Rafael Langa, Penelope Vounatsou, Michael André Hobbins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-12-01
Series:African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211419X18301721

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