The Tanzanian trauma patients' prehospital experience: a qualitative interview-based study
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The Tanzanian trauma patients' prehospital experience: a qualitative interview-based study
OBJECTIVES We sought to characterise the prehospital experience of Tanzanian trauma patients, and identify barriers and facilitators to implement community-based emergency medical systems (EMS). SETTINGS Our study was conducted in the emergency department of an urban national referral hospital in Tanzania. PARTICIPANTS A convenience sample of 34 adult trauma patients, or surrogate family me...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ Open
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2044-6055
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006921