Publications by authors named "V Nsengimana"
Background: The Informed Health Choices Key Concepts are principles for thinking critically about healthcare claims and deciding what to do. The Key Concepts provide a framework for designing curricula, learning resources, and evaluation tools.
Objectives: To prioritise which of the 49 Key Concepts to include in resources for lower secondary schools in East Africa.
Article Synopsis
- Traumatic injuries, especially head injuries, are a significant issue in low and middle-income countries like Rwanda, where emergency healthcare services have been enhanced, but data on head trauma is limited.* -
- A study at the University Teaching Hospital of Kigali assessed 945 prehospital patients, revealing that 56.5% had head injuries primarily caused by motor vehicle collisions, with most patients being young males.* -
- Emergency interventions were relatively low, and the majority of head injury cases lacked confirmed alcohol use data; hospitalized patients had a median stay of 13 days, with 13% needing surgery.*
Objective: Road traffic crashes (RTCs) are common among motorcyclists in Kigali, Rwanda. The Service d'Aide Medicale Urgente (SAMU), a prehospital ambulance service, responds to many of these crashes. We aimed to describe motorcycle-related RTCs managed by SAMU.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are an important cause of mortality and disability around the world. Early intervention and stabilization are necessary to obtain optimal outcomes, yet little is written on the topic in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The aim is to provide a descriptive analysis of patients with TBI treated by Service d'Aide Medicale Urgente (SAMU), the prehospital ambulance service in Kigali, Rwanda.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Paediatric injuries are a major cause of mortality and disability worldwide, yet little information exists regarding its epidemiology or prehospital management in low-income and middle-income countries. We aimed to describe the paediatric injuries seen and managed by the prehospital ambulance service, Service d'Aide Medicale d'Urgence (SAMU), in Kigali, Rwanda over more than 3 years.
Methods: A retrospective, descriptive analysis was conducted of all injured children managed by SAMU in the prehospital setting between December 2012 and April 2016.