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Table 4 Performance of interventions and rate of respective documentation

From: Trauma care and capture rate of variables of World Health Organisation data set for injury at regional hospitals in Tanzania: first steps to a national trauma registry

Variable

Performed

Documented

Initial clinical condition

N

n (%)

 Assesment of signs of life

2891

902 (31.2)

 Heart rate measurement

2553

708 (27.7)

 Measurement of SBPa

2626

539 (20.5)

 Respiratory rate

1875

519 (27.7)

 Saturation of oxygen

657

377 (57.4)

Interventions done at EU

 Fracture Reduction

11

4 (36.4)

 Fracture splinting

320

308 (96.3)

 Open wounds repair

29

21 (72.4)

 IVF administrationb

1708

570 (33.4)

 Antibiotic administration

397

28 (7.1)

 Analgesic administration

1983

1525 (76.9)

 Blood transfusion

39

20 (51.3)

 T.T Administration

781

218 (27.9)

 Chest tube placement

125

125 (100)

 Foreign body removal

12

1 (8.3)

Investigations done

 Chest X-ray

447

261 (58.4)

 Long bone X-ray

754

420 (55.7)

 Ultrasound

257

34 (13.2)

Disposition

 Referred to higher facilities

537

514 (95.7)

 Admitted to inpatient service

1248

1122 (89.9)

 Died in EU

148

143 (96.6)

 Discharged home

958

38 (4.0)

  1. *SBP-Systolic Blood Pressure, **IVF-Intravenous Fluid