Purpose Access to critical care is a crucial component of healthcare systems. In low-income
countries, the burden of critical illness is substantial, but the capacity to provide care for …

Burn injuries in low and middle income countries still remain a significant health problem,
even though numbers of burn injuries in high income countries have decreased showing …

Background Traumatic injury is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, but
epidemiologic data about trauma patients who require intensive care unit (ICU) admission …

Abstract Background In sub-Saharan Africa the availability of intensive care unit (ICU)
services is limited by a variety of factors, including lack of financial resources, lack of …

Introduction. The purpose of this study was to examine the capacity of commonly used
trauma scoring systems such as the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), Injury Severity Score …

Background From the perspective of nurses, trauma patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
demand a high degree of nursing workload due to hemodynamic instability and the severity …

Background and objectives: Worldwide, trauma is one of the leading causes of morbidity
and mortality. The aim of the present study is to identify the predictors of mortality of trauma …

Objectives To examine the current evidence on the effect of education on intensive care unit
nurses' knowledge and skills competence in caring for adult major trauma patients …

Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate, through a systematic review of hospital-based
studies, the proportion of road traffic injuries and fatalities in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) …

Background Trauma is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in South Africa. The
present study was designed to review the hospital trauma disease burden in light of the …