Table 1 Study hospitals’ capacities to manage medical emergencies
n | 74 |
Number of beds (n) | 10 (5–50) |
Availability of hospital structures (n/%) | |
Emergency/resuscitation room | 46 (62.2) |
Delivery room | 72 (97.3) |
Operation room | 24 (32.4) |
High dependency unit/intensive care unit | 0 |
Availability of trained staff (n/%) | |
Emergency or critical care physician | 0 |
Emergency or critical care nurse | 0 |
Availability of selected diagnostic resources (n/%) | |
Sonography | 44 (59.5) |
Echocardiography | 0 |
Possibility to measure full blood count | 46 (62.2) |
Glucometer | 69 (93.2) |
Possibility to perform a urine analysis | 41 (55.5) |
Blood gas analyzer | 0 |
Possibility to perform selected emergency procedures (n/%) | |
Wound care | 72 (97.3) |
Burn wound care | 71 (95.9) |
Foreign body removal | 64 (86.5) |
Abscess drainage | 48 (64.9) |
Fracture management | 57 (77) |
Advanced cardiac life support | 8 (10.8) |
Oxygen application | 63 (85.2) |
Airway management | 10 (13.5) |
Cardioversion | 1 (1.4) |
Thoracocentesis | 6 (8.1) |
Paracentesis | 12 (16.2) |
Pericardiocentesis | 0 |
Blood transfusion | 8 (10.8) |
Non-invasive mechanical ventilation | 0 |
Invasive mechanical ventilation | 0 |
Central venous catheter insertion | 2 (2.7) |
Renal replacement therapy | 0 |