%0 Journal Article
%T Development of a nurse-led tranexamic acid administration protocol for trauma patients in rural South Africa
%A Jacob Smith
%J Archive of "African Journal of Emergency Medicine".
%D 2019
%R 10.1016/j.afjem.2018.10.001
%X Administration of tranexamic acid (TXA) has been shown to effectively reduce all-cause mortality in trauma patients when given within three hours of injury. We found that many trauma patients in our hospital were not receiving TXA. This was due to a variety of factors, including late presentation to hospital, lack of staff awareness, short staffing, and unavailable drugs or equipment. Our aim was to develop a protocol for safe, nurse-led administration of TXA in the emergency centre in order to increase the number of eligible patients treated
%K Nurse-led care in health technology
%K Triage
%K Trauma
%K Emergency medicine
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6440919/