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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"advanced life support"”.
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Preparing providers for advanced life support in the prehospital environment
… scene with the skills and equipment to implement advanced life support (ALS). Despite the essential role of prehospital advanced emergency care in the treatment of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, at the time this research was commenced, ALS training courses had been designed for those responding …
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A needs assessment for continuous professional development for South African advanced life support providers
Dissertation submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Technology: Emergency Medical Care, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2011.
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An investigation into recruitment, retention and motivation of advanced life support practitioners in South Africa
… with recruiting, retaining and motivating advanced life support (ALS) practitioners. The persistent shortage of ALS practitioners in South Africa (SA) poses a challenge to the effective delivery of prehospital emergency medical care. The global demand for SA trained ALS practitioners is …
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Waveform capnography in the South African prehospital setting: knowledge assessment of qualified advanced life support (ALS) paramedics
… research-generated survey of 80 out-of-hospital advanced life support paramedic providers in South Africa working in the private industry where capnography is available. Participants will be recruited with the assistance of the company's research committee using an email platform, and consent …
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A description of practices of analgesia administration by advanced life support paramedics in the City of Cape Town
… undertaken of analgesic drug administration by advanced life support (ALS) paramedics. Patient care records (PCRs) generated in t he City of Cape Town during an 11 month period containing administrations of Morphine, Ketamine, Nitrates and 50% Nitrous Oxide/Oxygen were randomly sampled. …
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Prehospital advanced airway management practices by advanced life support providers: A retrospective observational study of emergency medical service providers in South Africa
… prehospital setting is frequently performed by advanced life support providers. Several methods may be utilised, including intubation without the use of medication, the use of sedatives or a rapid sequence intubation. There is a paucity of data available that assesses prehospital advanced airway …
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The thoughts and opinions of advanced life support providers in the South African private emergency medical services sector concerning pre-hospital palliative care
… as 'an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problem associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, …
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Views and perceptions of advanced life support practitioners on initiating, withholding and terminating resuscitation in out of hospital cardiac arrest in the emergency medical services of the Western Cape
Non-communicable disease as a cause of death is on the rise. Cardiovascular disease was the main non-communicable cause of death in South Africa and the Western Cape in 2018, comprising of 18.9% of all deaths in the country. (1) Cardiovascular disease remains the predominant cause of …
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A two-year review of necrotising enterocolitis in very low birth weight infants (<1500g) in a South African tertiary hospital
… infants have severe NEC disease often requiring advanced life support, with a high mortality rate. HIV exposure may increase the risk of NEC development.
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Interprofessional Team Training in the Pediatric Life Support Program: Effects on Teamwork and Quality of Resuscitations
… Essentials® program incorporated into Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) curriculum relative to resuscitation performance, presence of specific teamwork behaviors and perceptions of teamwork when compared to control group members. Although there were no significant differences in …
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The selection and preparation of paramedic preceptors in emergency medical services
… training programs for paramedics, providers of Advanced Life Support emergency care, include a field internship where students are partnered with a preceptor for training and evaluation before program completion; The purpose of this study was to determine if certain attributes could be used as …
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Preparedness for Paediatric CPR amongst Doctors in Cape Town
… (81.8%) had not done a pCPR course (Paediatric Advanced Life Support or Advanced Paediatric Life Support). 88.3% had done Basic Life Support; 28% >2 years ago. The average pCPR knowledge score was 61% (SD=20.3, range 8.3-100%). Doctors doing their community service and internship had …
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Prehospital emergency care provider’s understanding of their responsibilities towards a mental health care user, during a behavioural emergency
… each level of prehospital emergency care; Basic Life Support, Intermediate Life Support and Advanced Life Support. Data from each focus group was collected through audio recordings, transcribed and analysed using a framework approach. Results: A total of 19 prehospital emergency care providers …
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An Analysis of Helicopter EMS Accidents using HFACS: 2000-2012
… decades previously, St. Anthony Flight for Life represented the start of an industry that would grow rapidly in the years to follow, both in the US and around the world (Flight for Life Colorado, n.d.).</p> <p>Helicopters provide a valuable contribution to the field of medicine. They are …
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A 12-month retrospective, descriptive study of Hout Bay Volunteer Emergency Medical Service, Cape Town, South Africa
… 4:1; the majority of shifts were worked by Basic Life Support (28.57%) and Intermediate Life Support (57.98%) qualified members compared to the relatively few shifts (13.44%) worked by Advanced Life Support members. This study shows that a small volunteer ambulance service mostly active on …
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An analysis of the descriptors of acute myocardial infarction used by South Africans when calling for an ambulance from a National Emergency Call Centre
… and prevent the dispatching of resource limited advanced life support paramedics to inappropriate cases.
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Concussion Knowledge in Amateur Motocross
… at the amateur level, do not require more than advanced life support at a race in case of emergency situation leaving the amateur rider to recognize and decide on concussion management. Purpose of this study is to assess concussion knowledge amongst motocross riders and to determine differences …
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An Analysis of Hybrid Life Support Systems for Sustainable Habitats
… has motivated strategic planning with respect to life support (LS) system technology development and habitat design. Such planning requires LS system analyses including both high fidelity modeling and high level trade space exploration of candidate architectures. A particularly relevant trade for …
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The development of a retrospective neonatal clinical audit tool for transfers: a modified delphi study
… of retrieval (n=1) registered nurses (n=3), and advanced life support (ALS) paramedics or emergency care practitioners (ECPs) (n=16). In round two, 19 experts consented and completed the Delphi questionnaire, yielding an attrition rate of 33%. In round two the expert panel consisted of …
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Initiating the development of a South African curriculum for education in Neonatal Critical Care Transfers
… Africa, these transfers are mostly conducted by Advanced Life Support (ALS) Providers with limited neonatal specific education. The transfer of neonates by teams with limited neonatal knowledge can lead to high adverse event rates. Dedicated Critical Care Retrieval Services (CCRS) teams have …
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