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A retrospective study of the prehospital burden of trauma managed by the Western Cape Government emergency medical service
Introduction: Trauma is one of the leading causes of premature death and disability in South Africa. There is a paucity of data describing the prehospital trauma burden in sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiology and common trauma emergencies managed by the Western …
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Emergency vs elective surgery ratio in the cape metro area
… had on the access to care. Excluding the trauma burden in South Africa and accounting for the positive effect of lockdown on the trauma rate in South Africa, the ratio would have been 28 per 100 cases in 2019 vs 56.9 per 100 cases in 2021, which better reflects the effects on access to …