Emergency medical care

The accident and emergency unit at Bechem is the first point of contact for those patients needing quick and targeted emergency care. It is a ten bed unit servicing adult and pediatric patients with a procedure room for minor interventions such as suturing, removal of foreign bodies, catheterization and other procedures.

The department is staffed by an Emergency Physician Specialist, Critical Care Nurse, Registered General Nurses, Enrolled Nurses, ward assistants who administer care for over 300 patients per month. The main goal of this unit is to provide quick and effective care of urgent patients and transfer them to the other units for further management after they have been stabilized.

As Bechem Government Hospital is a district hospital the emergency department receives a large number of referrals from outlying health centers. Referred cases such as severe malaria, those with acute abdomen, CVA (strokes) and asthmatic emergencies in addition to renal, hypertensive and diabetic emergencies are commonly managed cases at the unit. As a district emergency unit, the management of patients is aided by devices such as cardiac monitors, nebulizers, pulse oximetry monitoring, blood glucose monitors, cervical collars, and oxygen delivery devices.