Molyneux Elizabeth M, Langton Josephine, Njiram'madzi Jenala, Robertson Ann M
Paediatric Department, College of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi.
Emergency Department, Macclesfield Hospital, Macclesfield, UK.
BMJ Paediatr Open. 2017 Jun 21;1(1):e000014. doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2017-000014. eCollection 2017.
Paediatric emergency care is not recognised as a specialty in many countries in Africa but is being practised increasingly. Setting up a paediatric emergency care unit takes time and often involves trial and error. Here we describe the start of the paediatric emergency department in Blantyre, Malawi, a low-income country and how it has continued to evolve over 15 years, in the hope that our experience will inform and assist others who are already developing their own emergency unit or wishing to do so.
在非洲的许多国家,儿科急诊护理并未被视为一个专业领域,但实践应用正日益增多。建立一个儿科急诊护理单元需要时间,而且常常需要反复试验。在此,我们描述了在低收入国家马拉维的布兰太尔开设儿科急诊科的情况,以及它在15年里是如何持续发展的,希望我们的经验能为那些已经在建立自己的急诊科或希望这样做的人提供参考和帮助。