Prehospital epidemiology and management of injured children in Kigali, Rwanda.

Myles DworkinVizir NsengimanaAshley RosenbergJohn ScottRobert RivielloElizabeth KrebsChristian UmuhozaEdmond NtagandaJean Marie UwitonzeIgnace KabagemaTheophile DushimeSudha Jayaraman

Published in: Emergency medicine journal : EMJ (2020)

In Kigali, RTIs were the most frequent cause of injuries to children requiring prehospital response with most RTIs involving pedestrians. Rwanda has recently instituted several programmes to reduce the impact of paediatric injuries especially with regard to RTIs. These include changes in traffic laws and increased road safety initiatives.

Keyphrases

cardiac arrest
young adults
intensive care unit
emergency department
trauma patients
air pollution