Table 2. Pediatric and adult trauma resuscitation item availability in Ghana.
| Median item availability rating |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District-level |
Regional |
Tertiary |
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| Pediatric | Adult | Pediatric | Adult | Pediatric | Adult | |
| Item | ||||||
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| Basic airway equipment | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1.5 | 2 |
| Advanced airway equipment |
2 | 3 | 0.5 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Nasogastric tube | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Cervical collar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Chest tubes and water seal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Blood pressure cuff | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Peripheral IV catheter | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Urinary catheter | 2 | 3 | 2.5 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
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| Comparison | ||||||
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| Assessment median | 2 | 3 | 2.5 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| p-value* | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.09 | |||
IV – intravenous; p-value for difference between pediatric and adult item availability at each hospital level using Wilcoxon signed-rank test