Prehospital factors associated with mortality among road traffic injury patients: analysis of Cameroon trauma registry data
Receiving any type of care at the scene such as bleeding control or being placed in the recovery position by bystanders is associated with improved survival. Improving on existing informal prehospital care responses should be a priority in Cameroon.
Authors
- Sandra I. McCoy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4764-9195)
- Alan Hubbard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3769-0127)
- Nicholas Tendongfor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1099-6177)
- Alain Chichom‐Mefire (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7230-567X)
- Mark T. Yost (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6277-7729)
- Nahyeni Bassah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4217-2391)
- Catherine Juillard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0847-8933)
- Serge Ngekeng
- Georges Nguefack‐Tsague (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3847-3490)
- S. Ariane Christie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0430-7187)
- Rasheedat Oke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5948-0817)
- Fanny Nadia Dissak‐Delon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8386-6501)
- Darwin Touko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5835-194X)
- Odette Dzemo Kibu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9422-1845)
Institutions
- Université de Yaoundé I (CM)
- University of Buea (CM)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- University of Bamenda (CM)
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Emergency Medicine
- Published
- 2024-10-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-024-01113-8
- Citations
- 9
- Primary Topic
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.22