Table 3.
Missing key element at first referral unit (n=50)
| Missing element | Key elements |
Total facilities | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obstetrician/medical officer trained in CEmOC | Anesthetists/medical officer trained in LSAS | Operative facilities* | Blood storage unit | Round the clock referral facility | ||
| No element | - | - | - | - | - | 11 (22) |
| 1 element | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 (18) |
| 2 elements | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 17 (34) |
| 3 elements | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 8 (16) |
| 4 elements | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 (10) |
*All necessary equipment for operative procedures. CEmOC: Comprehensive emergency obstetric care, LSAS: Life saving anaesthetic skills