Table 3.

Vascular care item availability at district-level, regional and tertiary hospitals in Ghana.

	Median item availability rating (range)
	District		Regional		Tertiary
Number assessed	29		8		3
Perioperative care
Basic airway equipment*	2	(0-3)	2	(0-3)	2	(2-3)
Advanced airway equipment†	3	(0-3)	3	(0-3)	3
Oxygen supply	3	(1-3)	3	(2-3)	3	(2-3)
Pulse oximetry	3	(0-3)	2	(2-3)	3
Mechanical ventilator	2	(0-2)	1	(0-3)	3	(1-3)
Blood transfusion ability	2	(1-3)	2	(1-3)	2	(2-3)
Electronic cardiac monitoring	0	(0-2)	1	(0-2)	2	(1-2)
Hemoglobin	3	(1-3)	3	(2-3)	3
Electrolytes	0	(0-3)	1	(0-2)	2	(0-2)
Arterial blood gas, lactate	-	-	0		1	(0-2)
Imaging
X-rays	2	(0-3)	2	(0-3)	2	(2-3)
Duplex ultrasonography	0		0		1	(0-1)
CT scan	-	-	0		1	(0-3)
Angiography	-	-	0		0
Surgery
Basic surgery‡	3	(0-3)	3	(0-3)	3
Major general surgery§	1	(0-3)	3	(0-3)	3
Vascular repair or anastomosis	0	(0-2)	0	(0-2)	2	(0-2)
Vascular shunt or graft	0		0		0
Skin grafting	0	(0-3)	0	(0-2)	2	(1-3)
Rehabilitation
Prosthetics for amputees	0		0		0	(0-1)

CT – computed tomography;

^*Basic airway equipment – oral and nasal airways, suction pump;

^†Advanced airway equipment – endotracheal tubes, laryngoscope;

^‡Basic surgery – wound debridement, digital amputation;

^§Major surgery – neck exploration, exploratory laparotomy, major amputation