Epidemiology and mapping of serious and fatal road traffic injuries in Guyana: results from a cross-sectional study

Abstract

Road traffic injuries pose a considerable public health burden in Guyana. These results suggest a pattern of high mortality in rural collisions and a disproportionate burden of injuries on vulnerable road users. The spatial distribution of collisions should be considered in order to target interventions and improve road traffic safety.

The Rise in Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Chronic Diseases in Guyana: A Narrative Review

“…Over time, the percentage of women over the age of 20 is consistently higher than men ( Figure 1D ) [ 3 ]. This may be a result of higher suicide rates (14.2/100,000 women compared to 46.6/100,000 men as of 2016) and traffic accident deaths (74%) observed in men [ 18 19 ].…”

Development and implementation of a trauma team education program in Georgetown, Guyana

“…20 The WHO noted that providing continuing education and instituting a sustainable and methodological approach to trauma in LMICs can lead to improved communication, reduced medical errors, and improved trauma patient care. 2,6,11 Previous research in Guyana detailed staff awareness to trauma team dynamics and identifi ed weaknesses and improvement areas, such as lack of medical and personnel resources, which directly affect team communication, organization, and training. There is a need for staff members to participate in a trauma team performance integration course to facilitate needed improvements in these areas.…”

“…24 The initiative was implemented to enhance the WHO's "Guidelines for Essential Trauma Care" document and "Trauma Care Checklist." 11,25 The checklist was designed for use in EDs across the globe outlining critical action points to ensure that no life-threatening injuries were missed and life-saving interventions were performed. 25 Existing established trauma team education programs were outlined (see Current established trauma team education programs table, Supplemental Digital Content 1 at http://links.lww.com/NPR/A8).…”

“…1,11 Guidelines include details about trauma team training, process improvement, team organization, and ancillary service integrations into patient management. 11 Trauma injuries and mortalities disproportionally affect patients in LMICs related to time of injury occurrence to access to emergency care, inadequate resources, limited access to diagnostic testing, and lack of knowledgeable, readily available trauma teams. 1,12 LMIC health infrastructure improvement may resolve these issues by offering caregivers adequate resources in order to provide evidence-based patient care.…”

Análisis espacial de los accidentes de tránsito en la región amazónica, andina y costa del pacífico ecuatoriana

“…A través de la revisión de la literatura científica, se justifica el empleo de estos indicadores puesto que han sido empleados en el contexto ecuatoriano (Algora Buenafé, et al, 2017a;Algora Buenafé, et al, 2017b) y a nivel internacional (Kumar, et al, 2012;McWade, et al, 2017;Qin, et al, 2017), permitiendo establecer diferencias poblaciones y geográficas de los AT y orientan a la toma de decisiones públicas en seguridad vial. Asimismo, se estudió la correlación entre la población de cada uno de los cantones por provincia y sus respectivas tasas ajustadas de lesividad y letalidad por AT mediante el empleo del Coeficiente de Correlación de Pearson (p<0,05; p<0,01; p<0,001).…”