The prehospital paediatric emergency care burden managed by a public ambulance service in the Western Cape, South AfricaPrehospital paediatric burdenEmergency medical servicesEpidemiologyPaediatric emergenciesLow to middle-income country (LMIC)South Africa...
Engelbrecht added that due to the violence in some areas the response time of the Emergency Medical Services has dropped from being at a scene within 15 minutes 60% of the time to 12%. This is because ambulance crews first have to wait for a police escort before they enter high risk area...
Modes of transfer used were road ambulance, fixed wing aircraft (FW) and rotor wing aircraft (RW). FW and RW data were obtained from the Red Cross Air Mercy Service database in Cape Town. No electronic database exists for road transfers from rural areas, therefore data were collected from...
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Due to limited public transporta- tion in Bere and Kacgae, most patients use the health post ambulance to access the Ghanzi-based care facility. Patients from Lokgwabe access the Kang-based See & Treat clinic which is 120 km away from the village. The furthest study site was Ncojane...
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We report a decline in trauma related ambulance transport volumes in the Western Cape Province as well as changes in injury patterns, largely corresponding to previous findings from hospital settings in South Africa. The unchanged response and on-scene times indicate a well-functioning EMS despite ...
Conclusion The vast majority of callers within the Western Cape province of South Africa use consistent descriptors across languages when requesting an ambulance for OHCA. Future studies should focus on the development and validation of OHCA recognition algorithms, based on these findings....
Identified barriers were perceptions of appendicitis-like symptoms, the influence of beliefs, customs and culture on healthcare-seeking behaviour, personal and social positions and values, lack of knowledge of the health system, transport accessibility and affordability, delayed ambulance response time, ...