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)
volume 8 issue 4
Commentary
The case for investing in public health surveillance in low- and middle-income countries
Kidist K. Bartolomeos
Original Articles
Emergency health education in a conflict stricken environment: A situational analysis
Ivy Muya, Joanne Garside, Marco Van-der Plas, Mohammed Ali Mohammed
Chronic kidney disease in the emergency centre: A prospective observational study
Babawale Taslim Bello, Olalekan Ezekiel Ojo, Olapeju Funke Oguntunde, Adedotun Ademola Adegboye
A descriptive analysis of endotracheal intubation in a South African Helicopter Emergency Medical Service
Willem Stassen, Alastair Lithgow, Craig Wylie, Christopher Stein
Validity of the South African Triage Scale in a rural district hospital
Gareth D. Meyer, Tabitha Nadishani Meyer, Charles Benjamin Gaunt
The burden on emergency centres to provide care for critically ill patients in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Menbeu Sultan, Gelila Mengistu, Finot Debebe, Aklilu Azazh, Indi Trehan
Respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation in critically ill adults in Ghana: A prospective observational study
Maxwell Osei-Ampofo, Alfred Aidoo, Akwasi Antwi-Kusi, Obiageli Joan Ofungwu, ... Torben K. Becker
Global emergency care clinical practice guidelines: A landscape analysis
Michael McCaul, Mike Clarke, Stevan R. Bruijns, Peter W. Hodkinson, ... Taryn Young
Case report
Acute mesenteric ischaemia: A case of expedited diagnosis and management using point-of-care ultrasound
Jill Crosby, Dagmawi Werku, Tigist Zewdu, Grace Wanjiku, Jessica Schmidt
Global research highlights
In partnership with the Annals of Emergency Medicine, Emergencias, Emergency Medicine Journal and Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine
The case for investing in public health surveillance in low- and middle-income countries
Kidist K. Bartolomeos
Original Articles
Emergency health education in a conflict stricken environment: A situational analysis
Ivy Muya, Joanne Garside, Marco Van-der Plas, Mohammed Ali Mohammed
Chronic kidney disease in the emergency centre: A prospective observational study
Babawale Taslim Bello, Olalekan Ezekiel Ojo, Olapeju Funke Oguntunde, Adedotun Ademola Adegboye
A descriptive analysis of endotracheal intubation in a South African Helicopter Emergency Medical Service
Willem Stassen, Alastair Lithgow, Craig Wylie, Christopher Stein
Validity of the South African Triage Scale in a rural district hospital
Gareth D. Meyer, Tabitha Nadishani Meyer, Charles Benjamin Gaunt
The burden on emergency centres to provide care for critically ill patients in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Menbeu Sultan, Gelila Mengistu, Finot Debebe, Aklilu Azazh, Indi Trehan
Respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation in critically ill adults in Ghana: A prospective observational study
Maxwell Osei-Ampofo, Alfred Aidoo, Akwasi Antwi-Kusi, Obiageli Joan Ofungwu, ... Torben K. Becker
Global emergency care clinical practice guidelines: A landscape analysis
Michael McCaul, Mike Clarke, Stevan R. Bruijns, Peter W. Hodkinson, ... Taryn Young
Case report
Acute mesenteric ischaemia: A case of expedited diagnosis and management using point-of-care ultrasound
Jill Crosby, Dagmawi Werku, Tigist Zewdu, Grace Wanjiku, Jessica Schmidt
Global research highlights
In partnership with the Annals of Emergency Medicine, Emergencias, Emergency Medicine Journal and Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine
Don't miss our 2017 paediatric special issue - 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"
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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
Why publish in AfJEM?
Let me be frank: AfJEM is the only emergency medicine journal dedicated to publishing research directly related to emergency care in Africa. AfJEM is ranked 12th out of 52 undifferentiated African medical journals and 37th globally out of 76 emergency medicine journals. In terms of regional impact, AfJEM is ranked 4th out of 38 emergency medicine journals that published cited African emergency care related research between 2012 and 2016 (corrected for regional contribution using the 5-year h-index). In terms of volume of publications, AfJEM is ranked first; it published 1 in 6 of all African emergency care related research between 2012 and 2016, with 51 other journals contributing to the rest in mostly single digits. You can read more about our regional ranking here. African emergency care is a niche field in emergency care research of which globally very few details are known. Most published African healthcare statistics regarding emergency, mortality or morbidity related topics are derived through estimates, mainly as reliable data sources do not exist. If you seek to publish in the highest impact, global journals in emergency medicine, publish to boost your chances at promotion, or simply publish for the sake of publishing, then AfJEM is probably not for you. If you however seek to publish African emergency care research, using data extracted from African sources, in a journal with a strong African impact where your African emergency care peers without access to library subscriptions can learn from your work, then AfJEM is for you.
Stevan Bruijns (editor-in-chief, 2011 to current)
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
Why publish in AfJEM?
Let me be frank: AfJEM is the only emergency medicine journal dedicated to publishing research directly related to emergency care in Africa. AfJEM is ranked 12th out of 52 undifferentiated African medical journals and 37th globally out of 76 emergency medicine journals. In terms of regional impact, AfJEM is ranked 4th out of 38 emergency medicine journals that published cited African emergency care related research between 2012 and 2016 (corrected for regional contribution using the 5-year h-index). In terms of volume of publications, AfJEM is ranked first; it published 1 in 6 of all African emergency care related research between 2012 and 2016, with 51 other journals contributing to the rest in mostly single digits. You can read more about our regional ranking here. African emergency care is a niche field in emergency care research of which globally very few details are known. Most published African healthcare statistics regarding emergency, mortality or morbidity related topics are derived through estimates, mainly as reliable data sources do not exist. If you seek to publish in the highest impact, global journals in emergency medicine, publish to boost your chances at promotion, or simply publish for the sake of publishing, then AfJEM is probably not for you. If you however seek to publish African emergency care research, using data extracted from African sources, in a journal with a strong African impact where your African emergency care peers without access to library subscriptions can learn from your work, then AfJEM is for you.
Stevan Bruijns (editor-in-chief, 2011 to current)
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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