Table 3.

Clinical care provided to injured children at the district hospital (N = 449).

Type of care provided	n	%
Vital signs and exams
Heart rate recorded	400	89.1
Blood pressure recorded	107	23.8
Breath rate recorded	354	78.8
Glasgow Coma Scale score recorded	214	47.7
Imagery exam done	142	31.6
Blood tests performed	49	10.9
Non-surgical care
Intra Venous fluid administered	70	15.6
Blood transfusion conducted	9	2.0
Antibiotics administered	210	46.8
Pain medication administered	388	86.4
Wound dressed	250	55.7
Anti-venom for patients with snake bite (n = 7)	7	100
Anti-rabies for patients with animal bite (n = 13)	9	69.2
Surgical care
Patients who received surgery	166	37.0
Type of surgical service (n = 166)
Closed reduction and immobilization	120	72.3
Wound debridement and suture	41	24.7
Exploratory laparotomy	10	6.0
Other surgery	6	3.6
Surgical provider’s cadre (n = 141)
General Practitioner	114	80.9
Specialist	6	4.3
More than one cadre	21	14.9
Type of anesthesia used (n = 166)
No anesthesia	145	87.4
Loco-regional anesthesia	15	9.0
General anesthesia	6	3.6
ASA class* for patients who received anesthesia (n = 21)	21	100
Surgical complications	3	1.8
Type of surgical complication (n = 3)
Surgical site infection	1	33.3
Poor bone alignment	1	33.3
Other surgical complication	1	33.3

* American Society of Anesthesiologists Classification.