Availability of Emergency Drugs and Essential Equipment in Intensive Care Units in Hospitals of Ethiopia: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study.
Ethiopia
emergency drugs
essential equipment
intensive care unit
Journal
Open access emergency medicine : OAEM
ISSN: 1179-1500
Titre abrégé: Open Access Emerg Med
Pays: New Zealand
ID NLM: 101570796
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
received:
07
10
2020
accepted:
17
11
2020
entrez:
9
12
2020
pubmed:
10
12
2020
medline:
10
12
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Emergency drugs and essential equipment are important to successfully manage patients in the intensive care unit (ICUs). The absence of these emergency drugs and essential equipment might result in mortality and morbidity which is more compounded in resource-limited settings. This study aims to assess the availability of emergency drugs and essential equipment in ICUs in hospitals in Ethiopia. A cross-sectional descriptive study design was employed in the intensive care unit of nine Amhara regional state hospitals in Ethiopia. This study was done from August 01, 2020, to September 01, 2020. The data were collected using a structured questionnaire, which were adopted from the Emergency Medicine Society of South Africa (EMSSA) guidelines. Tables and narration were used to describe results. There were deficiencies of essential emergency items particularly in the pediatrics domain, devices to confirm tracheal intubation and equipment for managing difficult intubation. Emergency drugs like adrenaline, salbutamol puff, atropine, aspirin, furosemide, hydrocortisone, insulin, lidocaine, and medical oxygen were available in all ICUs, whereas amiodarone, sodium bicarbonate, glucagon, ipratropium nebulization, thiamine were not available in all ICUs. There were considerable deficiencies in emergency drugs and essential equipment. Based on our findings, we recommend to develop standardized checklists, regular audits, and healthcare personnel awareness program to improve checking, maintaining, restocking, and repairing the equipment in the emergency trolley.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33293877
doi: 10.2147/OAEM.S285695
pii: 285695
pmc: PMC7719042
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
435-440Informations de copyright
© 2020 Hunie et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors report no conflicts of interest for this work.
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