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Table 2 Details of resuscitations documented in logbooks by providers of emergency care

From: Strengthening the emergency healthcare system for mothers and children in The Gambia

CONDITIONS RESUSCITATED

TOTAL

DEATHS

Ante partum haemorrhage

17

 

Postpartum haemorrhage

20

 

Massive haemorrhage

2

 

Eclampsia

23

 

Severe anaemia

21

 

Shock

22

3

Severe sepsis including malaria

33

 

Road accident

7

 

Severe pneumonia

10

 

Birth asphyxia

45

3

Burns

9

 

Complications of labour/delivery

12

2

Major medical problems (epilepsy, diabetes, airway obstruction, severe dehydration, severe anaemia, malnutrition, apnoea, hypoglycaemia, heart failure, hypertension, liver disease, gas poisoning)

17

3

Major trauma (gunshot, stabbing, fracture, head injury)

9

1

Severe asthma

10

 

Unknown

36

1

TOTAL

293

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