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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2025

Quantitative Assessment of Surge Capacity in Rwandan Trauma Hospitals: A Survey Using the 4S Framework.

Lotta Velin, Menelas Nkeshimana, Eric Twizeyimana, Didier Nsanzimfura, Andreas Wladis, Laura Pompermaier

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Lotta VelinCentre for Teaching & Research in Disaster Medicine and Traumatology (KMC), Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Johannes Magnus väg 11., 583 30 Linköping, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-1929-6011
Menelas NkeshimanaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kigali, KN 4 Ave, Kigali P.O. Box 655, Rwanda.ORCID 0000-0003-3573-8075
Eric TwizeyimanaCenter for Equity in Global Surgery, University of Global Health Equity (UGHE), Kigali Heights, KG 7 Ave, Kigali P.O. Box 6955, Rwanda.ORCID 0009-0000-8672-3901
Didier NsanzimfuraEmergency Department, Nyarugenge District Hospital, KN 247 St, Kigali P.O. Box 84, Rwanda.ORCID 0009-0004-7192-8145
Andreas WladisCentre for Teaching & Research in Disaster Medicine and Traumatology (KMC), Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Johannes Magnus väg 11., 583 30 Linköping, Sweden.
Laura PompermaierCentre for Teaching & Research in Disaster Medicine and Traumatology (KMC), Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Johannes Magnus väg 11., 583 30 Linköping, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-6304-9686

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Abstract

Surge capacity is the ability to manage sudden patient influxes beyond routine levels and can be evaluated using the 4S Framework: staff, stuff, system, and space. While low-resource settings like Rwanda face frequent mass casualty incidents (MCIs), most surge capacity research comes from high-resource settings and lacks generalisability. This study assessed Rwanda's hospital surge capacity using a cross-sectional survey of emergency and surgical departments in all referral hospitals. Descriptive statistics,

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Emergency Service, HospitalMass Casualty IncidentsSurge CapacityTrauma CentersCross-Sectional StudiesHumansRwandaSurveys and QuestionnairesEast Africa: advanced trauma life support caremass casualty incidentsresource-limited settingssurge capacity

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PMID41154963
PMCPMC12564280

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