Yves Aziz Nacanabo
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View article: Evaluating Trauma Care Capacity and Capability in Low‐Resource Conflict Settings: Pilot Implementation of the International Assessment of Capacity for Trauma‐Blast Tool at Regional Health Facilities in Burkina Faso
Evaluating Trauma Care Capacity and Capability in Low‐Resource Conflict Settings: Pilot Implementation of the International Assessment of Capacity for Trauma‐Blast Tool at Regional Health Facilities in Burkina Faso Open
Background Existing tools to evaluate surgical care and trauma systems in low‐resource settings contain a large number of variables that may limit feasibility of their use in low‐resource conflict settings (LRCS). Further, such tools do no…
View article: Emergency Care Interventions for Victims of Explosive Ordnance Reduce Mortality: A Modeling Study
Emergency Care Interventions for Victims of Explosive Ordnance Reduce Mortality: A Modeling Study Open
Background: Modern conflicts are characterized by wide-spread use of conventional explosive ordnance (EO), improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and other air-launched explosives. In contrast to advances in military medicine and high-income…
View article: Assessing Evidence Bias for Prehospital Tourniquet Use: A Scoping Review
Assessing Evidence Bias for Prehospital Tourniquet Use: A Scoping Review Open
Background The available evidence for the prehospital use of tourniquets is largely based on the military experience of high‐resource countries over the last 30 years. Though the lifesaving benefits of an appropriately applied tourniquet t…
View article: Increasing Access to Casualty Care Data in Low‐Resource Conflict Settings: A Practical Toolkit
Increasing Access to Casualty Care Data in Low‐Resource Conflict Settings: A Practical Toolkit Open
Background System‐wide trauma registries have played a key role in reducing preventable death among combat casualties of high‐resource militaries. Although several efforts exist to introduce trauma registries in low‐ and lower‐middle‐incom…
View article: Management of Embedded Unexploded Ordnance in Low-resource Settings: A Scoping Review
Management of Embedded Unexploded Ordnance in Low-resource Settings: A Scoping Review Open
Objectives When unexploded ordnance (UXO) is embedded in the body, the effect of explosive weapons used in conflict is amplified. Though relatively rare, such events present potentially devastating consequences for the patient and medical …