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2016-11-03 • International Health
2016-11-03 • International Health
BACKGROUND
Trauma is a leading cause of death and represents a major problem in developing countries where access to good quality emergency care is limited. Médecins Sans Frontières ...
Trauma is a leading cause of death and represents a major problem in developing countries where access to good quality emergency care is limited. Médecins Sans Frontières ...
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2014-11-06 • BMC Health Services Research
2014-11-06 • BMC Health Services Research
BackgroundIn resource-poor settings, where health systems are frequently stretched to their capacity, access to emergency care is often limited. Triage systems have been proposed as a to...
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2018-03-16 • Emergency Medicine Journal: EMJ
2018-03-16 • Emergency Medicine Journal: EMJ
The South African Triage Scale (SATS) has demonstrated good validity in the EDs of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)-supported sites in Afghanistan and Haiti; however, corresponding reliabi...
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2014-03-26 • South African Medical Journal
2014-03-26 • South African Medical Journal
Background. Triage is one of the core requirements for the provision of effective emergency care and has been shown to reduce patient mortality. However, in low- and middle-income countr...
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2017-08-23 • BMC Health Services Research
2017-08-23 • BMC Health Services Research
The South African Triage Scale (SATS) was developed to facilitate patient triage in emergency departments (EDs) and is used by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in low-resource environments...
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2016-11-14 • Trials
2016-11-14 • Trials
BACKGROUND
Lower extremity trauma during earthquakes accounts for the largest burden of disaster-related injuries. Insufficient pain management is common in resource-limited disaster...
Lower extremity trauma during earthquakes accounts for the largest burden of disaster-related injuries. Insufficient pain management is common in resource-limited disaster...
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2017-06-15 • BMJ Global Health
2017-06-15 • BMJ Global Health
Objective To assess the validity of the South African Triage Scale (SATS) in four Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)-supported emergency departments (ED, two trauma-only sites, one mixed sit...