Welcome to EMSSA
EMSSA represents a group of enthusiastic healthcare professionals dedicated to the development of quality emergency care throughout South Africa. Emergency Medicine has only recently been recognized as an independent speciality, although this country has always had a large burden of patients presenting to our pre-hospital and hospital emergency services with experienced and passionate personnel rendering much needed care.
These are truly exciting times for everyone involved with emergency care. Have a look at our website for recent developments and to see how you can become more involved.
What’s New
- Practice Guideline on Rapid Sequence Intubation
- Have a look at our Emergency Nursing Society South Africa (ENSSA) section
- Watch this space for the conference presentations from 2011
Recently Added Resources
Taxi driver training in Madagascar: the first step in developing a functioning prehospital emergency care system
Haiti: The South African perspective
FAST scanning in the developing world emergency department
Nurses’ and doctors’ perceptions regarding the implementation of a triage system in an emergency unit in South Africa
Comparison of mean on-scene times: road versus air transportation of critically ill patients in the Western Cape of South Africa