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 4 Initial stabilization per referring level

Characteristic	HC^a	DH^a	RH^a	PRVT^a	Other^a
Head injury (N = 114)	(N= 9)	(N= 78)	(N= 22)	(N= 4)	(N= 1)
Mannitol	0	0	0	0	0
Iv fluid	1	9	0	0	0
Dextrose	1	0	0	0	0
Pain med	0	5	0	0	0
Burr hole	0	0	0	0	0
Neck color	0	0	0	0	0
Extremity injury (N = 206)	(N= 12)	(N= 150)	(N= 28)	N= (11)	(N= 5)
Splinting	0	0	0	0	0
Iv fluid	1	6	0	0	0
Dextrose	0	0	0	1	0
Pain medication	1	3	1	0	1
Polytrauma (N = 48)	(N= 5)	(N= 29)	(N= 10)	(N= 1)	(N= 3)
Mannitol	0	0	0	0	0
Pain medication	1	4	2	0	1
Splinting	0	0	0	0	0
Neck collar	0	0	0	0	0
Iv fluids	0	7	2	0	0
Airway management^a	(N= 3)	(N= 6)	(N= 3)	(N= 2)	(N= 0)
Intubation	0	0	0	0	0
Suctioning	2	0	1	0	0
Oral airway	0	0	0	0	0
Total stabilized n/N (%)	7/26 (27)	34/257 (13.2)	6/60 (10)	1/16 (6.3)	2/9 (22)

^aHC-health center, DC district hospital, RC regional hospital, PRVT Private hospitals, OTHER Police and Military hospitals

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