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The status of emergency medicine in Makira Ulawa Province, Solomon Islands
Author(s) -
Ratu Sade Kenton
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
emergency medicine australasia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.602
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1742-6723
pISSN - 1742-6731
DOI - 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2005.00709.x
Subject(s) - medicine , perspective (graphical) , critically ill , service (business) , foundation (evidence) , face (sociological concept) , medical emergency , nursing , health care , emergency medical services , family medicine , intensive care medicine , economic growth , law , social science , economy , artificial intelligence , sociology , computer science , economics , political science
This Perspective reports on the challenges that face a solo doctor in a provincial hospital in the Solomon Islands following the civil disturbances of 1998–2003. The Health Service is seriously constrained by a paucity of funding, supplies and personnel. In spite of that, a rudimentary service can be provided and lives can be saved using simple techniques and basic resources. Further training of nurses, midwives and doctors is required. Emergency medicine, as a generalist discipline, provides a foundation to improve the delivery of care to the acutely ill and injured in these circumstances.

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