The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
A Sustainable Treatment Protocol for Organophosphate Poisoning in Rural Kenya for Facilities without Intensive Care Units and Where Transfer Is Not Possible
ABSTRACT. Organophosphate poisoning is a common method of attempting suicide in developing countries, particularly in rural areas. The current WHO protocols emphasize intubation and transfer to a facility with intensive care. Both recommendations are beyond the resources of many rural hospitals in developing countries and their poor patients. Because organophosphate poisoning is a commonly seen condition in Kenya and because intubation is beyond the equipment and training of many rural hospitals, a protocol involvi …