Emergency triage in coastal Kenya: a survey of public Emergency Departments
Gideon Loevinsohn, Wambui Muiruri, Elwyn Chondo, Arthur Nderitu, Mercy Bruba, Ahmed Adam, Justin Machu, Josefridah Nyavula Ngowa, Samuel Mwakai, Martha Oguna, Dickson Okello, Zachary Gross, Adam R. Aluisio, Benjamin Wachira · 2026
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Description
Gideon Loevinsohn and co-authors survey every public emergency department on Kenya's coast about how they sort the sick from the sickest. Their 2026 study visits all ten public emergency departments across three counties, interviewing clinical leaders in February 2026 with a standard questionnaire. Triage decides who is seen first, and poor triage costs lives, yet its practice across sub-Saharan Africa is patchy and little documented.
The survey covers triage infrastructure, daily practice, and staff perceptions. Coastal Kenya's results give county and national planners a baseline: which departments run a formal system, with what staff and space, and where the gaps yawn widest.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Gideon Loevinsohn, Wambui Muiruri, Elwyn Chondo, Arthur Nderitu, Mercy Bruba, Ahmed Adam, Justin Machu, Josefridah Nyavula Ngowa, Samuel Mwakai, Martha Oguna, Dickson Okello, Zachary Gross, Adam R. Aluisio, Benjamin Wachira |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 32 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |