Abstract

A Cross-Sectional Study on Practice of emergency and intensive care unit nurses in the Initial Management of Myocardial Infarction and hindrance factors of practice at National Referral Hospitals, Asmara, Eritrea

Author(s): Senait Abraham Tesfamichael, Feven Beletse Negash, Sebastian Schulz-Stuebner, Laban Lebahati Simel4

Myocardial infarction is one of the most frequent coronary heart diseases that are becoming almost epidemic in the new era. Despite the growing burden, myocardial infarction continues to receive a relatively low public health priority in Eritrea however; it is evident in many other African countries. A nurse must have adequate knowledge regarding the underlying mechanisms, subtle and obvious signs and must also possess competency of the emergency management