Emergency Department of a Rural Hospital in Ecuador

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" Emergency Department of a Rural Hospital in Ecuador "
Johnson, Tara; Gaus, David; Herrera, Diego

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	933392
Doc. No	:	LA38s4m6gj
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Johnson, Tara; Gaus, David; Herrera, Diego
Title & Author	:	Emergency Department of a Rural Hospital in Ecuador [Article]\ Johnson, Tara; Gaus, David; Herrera, Diego
Title of Periodical	:	Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health
Volume/ Issue Number	:	17/1
Date	:	2016
Abstract	:	Introduction: There is a paucity of data studying patients and complaints presenting to emergency departments (EDs) in low- and middle-income countries. The town of Pedro Vicente Maldonado (PVM) is located in the northwestern highlands of Ecuador. Hospital PVM (HPVM) is a rural teaching hospital providing family medicine residency training. These physicians provide around-the-clock acute medical care in HPVM’s ED. This study provides a first look at a functioning ED in rural Latin America by reviewing one year of ED visits to HPVM.