Brown, Jaimen https://orcid.org/0009-0000-4819-4295
Abdullah, Naseef https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2749-8397
Sobuwa, Simpiwe https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8652-7756
Article History
Received: 4 December 2025
Accepted: 9 March 2026
First Online: 17 March 2026
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was obtained from the Health and Wellness Sciences Research Ethics Committee of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (HREC reference: REC- 230408-014), with a waiver of informed consent due to the study being retrospective. Administrative permissions to access clinical patient data were obtained from the Western Cape Government Health and Wellness Emergency Medical Services. Clinical trial number: not applicable.
: No consent for publication was gained or required as the study does not contain any individual person’s data.
: The authors declare no competing interests.