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Maxwell Osei-Ampofo

Medicine

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About

BIOSKETCH-DR MAXWELL OSEI-AMPOFO,BSc,MBChB,MBA,MPH,FGCSDr Maxwell Osei-Ampofo is a product of the School of Medicine and Dentistry(SMD) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology(KNUST) and an alumnus of the Delta International University of New Orleans and the University of Toronto, Canada.He is currently a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Medicine  of the SMD of the College of Health Sciences(CHS) at KNUST and the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Ambulance Service. He is a Medical Educator,an Emergency Physician and a prehospital emergency care and EMS  expert.

Research Summary

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The researcher's work spans a diverse range of research themes, including emergency care in low-resource settings, surgical outcomes across African populations, trauma and emergency care studies, global health and technology reviews, and emergency medicine education. Their publications reflect a focus on improving healthcare delivery, emergency response capabilities, and the application of emerging technologies in critical settings.

Research Themes

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White Paper on Early Critical Care Services in Low Resource Settings(2021)
The evolution and current state of emergency care in Ghana(2012)
Assessment of emergency medical services in the Ashanti region of Ghana(2015)
Clinical and Translational Research in Global Health and Emergency Care: A Research Agenda(2013)
Fifteen years of emergency medicine literature in Africa: A scoping review(2019)
Preventable Trauma Deaths and Corrective Actions to Prevent Them: A 10‐Year Comparative Study at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana(2020)
Articles That May Change Your Practice: The Benefits of Helicopter Emergency Medical Services in Trauma(2015)
Ujuzi (Practical Pearl/Perle Pratique)(2014)
The evolution and current state of emergency care in Ghana L'evolution et le statut actuel des soins d'urgence au Ghana(2013)
Emergency care with lay responders in underserved populations: a systematic review(2021)
Global Emergency Medicine: A Review of the Literature From 2016(2017)
Triage capabilities of medical trainees in Ghana using the South African triage scale: an opportunity to improve emergency care(2016)
Global Emergency Medicine: A Review of the Literature from 2018(2019)
Governance and legal considerations supporting prehospital emergency care in low and middle-income countries—For the Special Series on Prehospital Care in LMICs(2024)
Development of an E-Learning Platform For EMTs In Ghana(2019)
Emergency care with lay responders in underserved populations: a systematic review Premiers secours prodigués par des intervenants non professionnels au sein des populations défavorisées: revue systématique Atención de emergencia con respondedores no profesionales en poblaciones subatendidas: una revisión sistemática رعاية الطوارئ مع المستجيبين العاديين في الفئات السكانية المحرومة من الخدمات: مراجعة منهجية 面向医疗资源匮乏群体的非专业急救人员紧急护理服务:系统性回顾 Оказание неотложной медицинской помощи с участием …(2021)
Establishing the Effectiveness of Interventions Provided to First Responders to Prevent and/or Treat Mental Health Effects of Response to a Disaster: A Systematic Review(2020)
Authorship representation in global emergency medicine: a bibliometric analysis from 2016 to 2020(2022)
1041: ADVANCED POINT-OF-CARE ULTRASONOGRAPHY TRAINING FOR EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS IN GHANA(2021)
Getting accepted – Successful writing for scientific publication: a Research Primer for low- and middle-income countries(2020)
Cardiopulmonary ultrasound for critically ill adults improves diagnostic accuracy in a resource‐limited setting: the <scp>AFRICA</scp> trial(2017)
Sustainable Resuscitation Ultrasound Education in a Low-Resource Environment: The Kumasi Experience(2017)
Skill and knowledge retention after training in cardiopulmonary ultrasound in Ghana: an impact assessment of bedside ultrasound training in a resource-limited setting(2018)
396 Ultrasound-Guided Resuscitation of Critically Ill Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department in a Resource-Limited Setting(2017)
Global Emergency Medicine: A Review of the Literature From 2017(2018)
Global Emergency Medicine: A Review of the Literature From 2014(2015)
Global Emergency Medicine: A Review of the Literature From 2015(2016)
Low-Cost Tabletop Simulation for Disaster Triage(2019)
Ujuzi (Practical Pearl/Perle Pratique)(2014)
Ujuzi (Practical Pearl/Perle Pratique)(2014)
Generating consensus on road safety issues and priorities in Ghana: A modified Delphi approach(2023)
Identifying emerging hot spots of road traffic injury severity using spatiotemporal methods: longitudinal analyses on major roads in Ghana from 2005 to 2020(2024)
Geospatial analysis of injury severity on major roads in Ghana (2017–2020): implications for targeted injury prevention and control initiatives(2024)
Prevalence and determinants of occupational injuries among emergency medical technicians in Northern Ghana(2023)
Evaluating the prerequisites for adapting a paediatric nighttime telemedicine and medication delivery service to a setting with high malarial burden: A cross‐sectional pre‐implementation study(2023)
Respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation in critically ill adults in Ghana: A prospective observational study(2018)
A Novel Approach to Improve Time to First Shock in Prehospital STEMI Complicated by Ventricular Fibrillation(2015)
Cost analysis research(2021)
Assessing the appropriateness of blood transfusion among injured patients at a Ghanaian tertiary hospital: Time for clarity on the use of a scarce resource(2021)
Articles That May Change Your Practice: Tranexamic Acid(2015)
The state of emergency medical technician education in Ghana(2020)
Injury patterns and health outcomes among pregnant women seeking emergency medical care in Kumasi, Ghana: Challenges and opportunities to improve care(2016)
Generating Consensus on Road Safety Issues and Priorities in Ghana: A Modified Delphi Approach(2023)
Emergency medicine: a global perspective on its past, evolution, and future(2024)
Fractured tracheostomy tube – A case report of a 3-year old Ghanaian child(2012)
The use of open source electronic medical records in an urban ED in Kumasi-Ghana(2013)
Articles That May Change Your Practice: Sepsis and Septic Shock(2015)
263: ULTRASOUND-GUIDED RESUSCITATION OF CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS IN A LOW-RESOURCE SETTING(2017)
Ujuzi (Practical Pearl/Perle Pratique)(2014)
Applying the <scp>ADAPT</scp> guidance to implement a telemedicine and medication delivery service in a malaria‐endemic setting: A prospective cohort study(2025)

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