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Evidence-based planning and costing palliative care services for children : novel multi-method epidemiological and economic exemplar [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Children’s palliative care is a relatively new clinical specialty. Its nature is multi-dimensional and its delivery necessarily multi-professional.
A Craft, Audit Scotland, C Feudtner, C Knapp, Ciarán Humphreys, D Bainbridge, Department of Health, Department of Health Western Australia, F Finlay, Gareth R Davies, J Noyes, J Noyes, Jane Noyes, K Lowson, K McNamara-Goodger, L Brook, L Fraser, Llinos Haf Spencer, Lucie Hobson, M Doug, Mary Devins, Mary Lewis, NPC, Public Health Wales, R Hain, R Hain, R Hain, R Hain, Rhiannon Tudor Edwards, Richard Hain, Richard P Hastings, Scottish Children and Young People's Palliative Care Executive Group (SCYPPEx), T Hughes-Hallet, Together for Short Lives, V Sugar, Vasiliki Totsika, Virginia Bennett, World Health Organisation   +37 more
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How nurses support family caregivers in the complex context of end-of-life home care: a qualitative study

BMC Palliative Care, 2021
Background Family caregivers are crucial in providing end-of-life care at home. Without their care, it would be difficult for many patients to die at home. In addition to providing care, family caregivers also need support for themselves.
Y. Becqué, J. Rietjens, A. van der Heide, Erica Witkamp   +3 more
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Advanced Life Support vs Basic Life Support Field Care: An Outcome Study [PDF]

Academic Emergency Medicine, 1998
Abstract. Objective: To determine whether the provision of advanced life support (ALS) field care has any impact on patient outcome in the urban Canadian environment. Methods: A convenience cohort study was conducted of all emergent ambulance transfers of adults to an urban Canadian hospital from May 22 to July 31, 1996.
Isser Dubinsky, Jeffrey S. Eisen
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Involvement of supportive care professionals in patient care in the last month of life [PDF]

Supportive Care in Cancer, 2015
In the last month of life, many patients suffer from multiple symptoms and problems. Professional supportive care involvement may help to alleviate patients' suffering and provide them with an optimal last phase of life.We investigated how often palliative care consultants, pain specialists, psychological experts and spiritual caregivers are involved ...
Brinkman-Stoppelenburg, A., Onwuteaka-Philipsen, B.D., Heide, A.   +2 more
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Part 5: Adult Basic Life Support and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Quality: 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines Update for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care.

Circulation, 2015
As with other Parts of the 2015 American Heart Association (AHA) Guidelines Update for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC), Part 5 is based on the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) 2015 ...
M. Kleinman, E. Brennan, Z. Goldberger, R. Swor, M. Terry, B. Bobrow, R. Gazmuri, A. Travers, T. Rea   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

[Advanced life support: care provided to motor vehicle crash victims].

Revista de Saúde Pública, 2002
OBJECTIVE To analyze the performance of Advanced Life Support care mode (ALS) applied to car crash victims using indicators by means of the Revised Trauma Score (RTS) in prehospital phase. METHODS It were analyzed 643 reports of car crash victims cared
Marisa Aparecida Amaro Malvestio, Regina Márcia Cardoso de Sousa   +1 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Healthcare professionals’ knowledge of the systematic ABCDE approach: a cross-sectional study

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2022
Background The Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Disability and Exposure (ABCDE) approach is a universal, priority-based approach for the assessment and treatment of critically ill patients.
Nino H. C. Schoeber, Marjolein Linders, Mathijs Binkhorst, Willem-Pieter De Boode, Jos M. T. Draaisma, Marlies Morsink, Anneliese Nusmeier, Martijn Pas, Christine van Riessen, Nigel M. Turner, Rutger Verhage, Cornelia R. M. G. Fluit, Marije Hogeveen   +12 more
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Time, timing, talking and training : findings from an exploratory action research study to improve quality of end of life care for minority ethnic kidney patients [PDF]

, 2017
Background. With an ageing and increasingly diverse population at risk from rising levels of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, including kidney complications, there is a need to provide quality care at all stages in the care pathway including
Brown, Edwina, Da Silva Gane, Maria, Farrington, Ken, Magee, Regina, Mir, Tahira, Randhawa, Gurch, Sharman, Sue, Stoves, John, Warwick, Graham, Wilkinson, Emma   +9 more
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A clinical procedures curriculum for undergraduate medical students: the eight-year history of a third-year immersive experience

Medical Education Online, 2016
Background: Procedural skills training is a critical component of medical education, but is often lacking in standard clinical curricula. We describe a unique immersive procedural skills curriculum for medical students, designed and taught primarily by ...
Laura Thompson, Matthew Exline, Cynthia G. Leung, David P. Way, Daniel Clinchot, David P. Bahner, Sorabh Khandelwal   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Awareness of Nursing Students’ Biomedical Ethics and Attitudes toward Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatment [PDF]

Child Health Nursing Research, 2017
Purpose: This study was done to analyze nursing students’ attitudes to life-sustaining treatment by measuring their awareness of biomedical ethics and resulting attitude toward withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment.
Geun Myun Kim, Kyung Suk Sung, Eun Joo Kim   +2 more
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