Pre-referral stabilization and compliance with WHO guidelines for trauma care among adult patients referred to an urban emergency department of a tertiary referral hospital in Tanzania

Table 1 Patients characteristics

	Number N = 367	Percentage %
Sex^a
Male	281	76.4
Female	86	23.4
Age Group	N	%
18–30 Years	155	42.1
31–45 years	132	35.9
46–60 years	42	11.4
> 60 years	39	10.6
Arrival to EMD	N	%
< 1 h to 24 h	114	31
> 24 h	254	69
GCS on arrival	N	%
GCS 3–8	14	3.8
GCS 9–12	13	3.5
GCS 13–14	31	8.4
GCS 15	289	78.5
Referring facility	N	%
Public Health centre	28	7.6
District hospital	261	70.9
Regional hospital	52	14.1
Private hospital	15	4.1
Military and police hospitals	12	3.2
Disposition	N	%
Discharged home	15	4.1
Admitted	18	4.9
Transferred to trauma center^b	335	91

^a One patient missed gender classification ^b Muhimbili Orthopaedic Institute

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