AfJEM is the only peer-reviewed, scientific, open access, emergency medicine journal published from Africa. It is published Quarterly (March, June, September and December) and is free to publish in and free to access | Published by Elsevier (ISSN: 2211-419X)
AfJEM to adopt a gold (paid) open access model
From the close of Issue 4 for 2020 (likely around 18 November) the AfJEM will require an article processing fee from some of our authors when accepting an article for publication. This is necessary to fund the journal's growing outputs and therefore to maintain its ongoing operation. An article processing fee of $1200 (less than half the average article processing fee across emergency medicine journals) will be required where the corresponding author of an article accepted for publication is from a high-income country. An article processing fee will not be required for articles where the corresponding author is from a low- or a middle-income country. In other words, authors from low- or middle-income countries will continue to benefit from free publishing, whilst all articles will remain open access. It is worth noting that the copyright for articles will no longer transfer to AFEM, and that all articles will be published under a CC-BY license with our publisher Elsevier.
From the close of Issue 4 for 2020 (likely around 18 November) the AfJEM will require an article processing fee from some of our authors when accepting an article for publication. This is necessary to fund the journal's growing outputs and therefore to maintain its ongoing operation. An article processing fee of $1200 (less than half the average article processing fee across emergency medicine journals) will be required where the corresponding author of an article accepted for publication is from a high-income country. An article processing fee will not be required for articles where the corresponding author is from a low- or a middle-income country. In other words, authors from low- or middle-income countries will continue to benefit from free publishing, whilst all articles will remain open access. It is worth noting that the copyright for articles will no longer transfer to AFEM, and that all articles will be published under a CC-BY license with our publisher Elsevier.
Volume 10 Issue 3
Guest editorial
Providing end-of-life care in the emergency department: Early experience from Médecins Sans Frontières during the Covid-19 pandemic
Anne-Marie Pegg, Miguel Palma, Cliff Roberson, Chibuzo Okonta, ... Natalie Roberts
Commentary
Could lung ultrasound be used instead of auscultation?
Avinash Aujayeb
Original Articles
The state of emergency medical technician education in Ghana
Katelyn E. Flaherty, Ahmed N. Zakariah, Vicki A. Vescio, Maxwell Osei-Ampofo, ... Torben K. Becker
Trauma burden, patient demographics and care-process in major hospitals in Tanzania: A needs assessment for improving healthcare resource management
Michael Mwandri, Timothy Craig Hardcastle, Hendry Sawe, Francis Sakita, ... Prosper Bashaka
Injury patterns of patients presenting to a non-governmental hospital in Western Uganda
Heather A. Brown, Joshua Skaggs, Caroline Brady, Vincent Tumusiime, Austin S. White
Non-operative management of blunt abdominal solid organ trauma in adult patients
Wesam Ibrahim, Gamal Mousa, Jon Mark Hirshon, Mohamed El-Shinawi, Hani Mowafi
An assessment of Nurses' knowledge, attitude and practice of emergency care related to road traffic accident victims at three selected hospitals in Rwanda
Claudine Nshutiyukuri, Busisiwe Rosemary Bhengu, Darius Gishoma
A comparative study on the diagnostic validity of three scoring systems in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis in emergency centres
Farahnaz Farahbakhsh, Mehdi Torabi, Moghaddameh Mirzaee
Building focused cardiac ultrasound capacity in a lower middle-income country: A single centre study to assess training impact
Wangari Waweru-Siika, Anders Barasa, Benjamin Wachira, David Nekyon, ... Erik Sloth
Protocolized emergency department observation care improves quality of ischemic stroke care in Haiti
Shada A. Rouhani, Regan H. Marsh, Linda Rimpel, Kathryn Anderson, ... Jeremiah D. Schuur
Paediatric Emergency Department preparedness in Nigeria: A prospective cross-sectional study
Callistus O.A. Enyuma, Muhammed Moolla, Feroza Motara, Gbenga Olorunfemi, ... Abdullah E. Laher
Review
Emergency department management of traumatic brain injuries: A resource tiered review
Julia Dixon, Grant Comstock, Jennifer Whitfield, David Richards, ... Emilie J. Calvello Hynes
Case reports
Colchicine overdose: A South African experience, a case report
Jenna Essame, Saul Grossberg, Adam Mahomed
Delayed presentation of paracetamol overdose
Johnre Retief Els, Luan Taljaard, Bruce Strover
Global research highlights
In partnership with the Annals of Emergency Medicine, Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine Emergencias and the Emergency Medicine Journal
Providing end-of-life care in the emergency department: Early experience from Médecins Sans Frontières during the Covid-19 pandemic
Anne-Marie Pegg, Miguel Palma, Cliff Roberson, Chibuzo Okonta, ... Natalie Roberts
Commentary
Could lung ultrasound be used instead of auscultation?
Avinash Aujayeb
Original Articles
The state of emergency medical technician education in Ghana
Katelyn E. Flaherty, Ahmed N. Zakariah, Vicki A. Vescio, Maxwell Osei-Ampofo, ... Torben K. Becker
Trauma burden, patient demographics and care-process in major hospitals in Tanzania: A needs assessment for improving healthcare resource management
Michael Mwandri, Timothy Craig Hardcastle, Hendry Sawe, Francis Sakita, ... Prosper Bashaka
Injury patterns of patients presenting to a non-governmental hospital in Western Uganda
Heather A. Brown, Joshua Skaggs, Caroline Brady, Vincent Tumusiime, Austin S. White
Non-operative management of blunt abdominal solid organ trauma in adult patients
Wesam Ibrahim, Gamal Mousa, Jon Mark Hirshon, Mohamed El-Shinawi, Hani Mowafi
An assessment of Nurses' knowledge, attitude and practice of emergency care related to road traffic accident victims at three selected hospitals in Rwanda
Claudine Nshutiyukuri, Busisiwe Rosemary Bhengu, Darius Gishoma
A comparative study on the diagnostic validity of three scoring systems in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis in emergency centres
Farahnaz Farahbakhsh, Mehdi Torabi, Moghaddameh Mirzaee
Building focused cardiac ultrasound capacity in a lower middle-income country: A single centre study to assess training impact
Wangari Waweru-Siika, Anders Barasa, Benjamin Wachira, David Nekyon, ... Erik Sloth
Protocolized emergency department observation care improves quality of ischemic stroke care in Haiti
Shada A. Rouhani, Regan H. Marsh, Linda Rimpel, Kathryn Anderson, ... Jeremiah D. Schuur
Paediatric Emergency Department preparedness in Nigeria: A prospective cross-sectional study
Callistus O.A. Enyuma, Muhammed Moolla, Feroza Motara, Gbenga Olorunfemi, ... Abdullah E. Laher
Review
Emergency department management of traumatic brain injuries: A resource tiered review
Julia Dixon, Grant Comstock, Jennifer Whitfield, David Richards, ... Emilie J. Calvello Hynes
Case reports
Colchicine overdose: A South African experience, a case report
Jenna Essame, Saul Grossberg, Adam Mahomed
Delayed presentation of paracetamol overdose
Johnre Retief Els, Luan Taljaard, Bruce Strover
Global research highlights
In partnership with the Annals of Emergency Medicine, Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine Emergencias and the Emergency Medicine Journal
Our 2019 Injury special issue is now available
Guest edited by Tim Hardcastle, George Oosthuizen, Charlie Mock and Tarek Razek
"Trauma, the consequences and management of non-iatrogenic injury, whether intentional or unintentional, is a potentially preventable, yet everyday occurrence on the roads and in the homes of people across Africa. Almost 90% of the trauma-burden is in the developing world (LMICs), while the resources for treating trauma abound in higher income, economically developed countries."
Guest edited by Tim Hardcastle, George Oosthuizen, Charlie Mock and Tarek Razek
"Trauma, the consequences and management of non-iatrogenic injury, whether intentional or unintentional, is a potentially preventable, yet everyday occurrence on the roads and in the homes of people across Africa. Almost 90% of the trauma-burden is in the developing world (LMICs), while the resources for treating trauma abound in higher income, economically developed countries."
Our 2017 paediatric special issue is now available
Guest edited by Elizabeth Molyneux and Bamenla Goka
"We must aim high. In many centres 50% of inpatient deaths occur within 24 hours of admission. By improving the care of children as they arrive at hospital we hope - no, we will - lower mortality and reduce morbidity"
Guest edited by Elizabeth Molyneux and Bamenla Goka
"We must aim high. In many centres 50% of inpatient deaths occur within 24 hours of admission. By improving the care of children as they arrive at hospital we hope - no, we will - lower mortality and reduce morbidity"
Call for papers: Systematic reviews
Given the severe shortage in African emergency care data, AfJEM invites researchers to submit systematic reviews particularly targetting clinical emergency management of locally relevant conditions, resource availability and emergency services flow as it pertains to emergency medicine, nursing and out-of-hospital care. If you wish, do contact the editor to discuss an idea for a systematic review or submit your contribution directly
Given the severe shortage in African emergency care data, AfJEM invites researchers to submit systematic reviews particularly targetting clinical emergency management of locally relevant conditions, resource availability and emergency services flow as it pertains to emergency medicine, nursing and out-of-hospital care. If you wish, do contact the editor to discuss an idea for a systematic review or submit your contribution directly
The official journal of the African Federation for Emergency Medicine, the Emergency Medicine Association of Tanzania, the Emergency Medicine Society of South Africa, the Egyptian Society of Emergency Medicine, the Libyan Emergency Medicine Association, the Ethiopian Society of Emergency Medicine Professionals, the Sudanese Emergency Medicine Society, the Society of Emergency Medicine Practitioners of Nigeria and the Rwanda Emergency Care Association. AfJEM is an affiliate journal of the Trauma Society of South Africa and the Namibian Medical Society
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