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Maternal factors associated with recommended daily weight gain in low birthweight babies on Kangaroo mother care in Western Kenya

Discover Health Systems
Background Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) is a vital, cost-effective intervention for low birthweight infants, involving extended skin-to-skin contact. WHO recommends KMC, especially in resource-limited settings.
Selline Mukabi, Everlyne N. Morema, Mary Kipmerewo, Morris Shisanya, Eric Kibai   +4 more
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At-a-glance - What can paramedic data tell us about the opioid crisis in Canada?

Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, 2018
The nature of Canada’s opioid crisis necessitates additional data sources that can provide a more comprehensive picture of the epidemic, in order to provide public health officials and decision-makers with a robust evidence base. Paramedic data provide a
Minh T. Do, Greg Furlong, Micah Rietschlin, Matthew Leyenaar, Michael Nolan, Pierre Poirier, Brian Field, Wendy Thompson   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessment of the Wong-Baker FACES® Pain Rating Scale’s Inter-Rater Reliability when applied to standardised adult patients by paramedics in Qatar: a pilot study [PDF]

, 2021
Enrico Dippenaar
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Expanding Paramedicine in the Community (EPIC): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. [PDF]

, 2014
BackgroundThe incidence of chronic diseases, including diabetes mellitus (DM), heart failure (HF) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is on the rise.
Atzema, Clare L, Barrette, Norm, Dainty, Katie N, Drennan, Ian R, Farrell, Melissa, Filosa, Tom, Hawker, Gillian, Hoch, Jeffrey S, Hoogeveen, Paul, Isaranuwatchai, Wanrudee, Kane, Jennifer, Kiss, Alex, Morrison, Laurie J, Philpott, Jane, Spearen, Chris, Tavares, Walter, Turner, Linda   +16 more
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A core outcome set for airway management research

Anaesthesia, EarlyView.
Summary Introduction Airway management research has historically incorporated heterogeneous outcome selection and definitions. This impedes evidence synthesis and hinders advances in patient care. We aimed to develop a core outcome set to standardise airway management research and improve outcome reporting.
Jan Hansel, Alexander Fuchs, Benjamin Cornwell, Katherine Haynes, Vinay Tanna, Ahmed Mohamed, Kate Rivett, Gillian Radcliffe, Robert Greif, Tim M. Cook, Kariem El‐Boghdadly, on behalf of the Airway Terminology and Outcome Measures (ATOM) Collaborators, Andreas Sotiriou, Rosanna Grimes, Vera Bohnenblust, Markus Fally, Ricarda Lippuner, Daniel Perin, David J. Brewster, Sheila N. Myatra, Ross Hofmeyr, Wenxian Li, Guillermo J. Navarro, Gerardo Cortese, Sandeep Sudan   +24 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Popping nana back into bed’ - a qualitative exploration of paramedic decision making when caring for older people who have fallen

BMC Health Services Research, 2017
Background Older fallers constitute a large proportion of ambulance work, and as many as 25% are not transported to hospital following paramedic assessment.
Paul Simpson, Ric Thomas, Jason Bendall, Bill Lord, Stephen Lord, Jacqueline Close   +5 more
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Two Decades of Burns in Queensland (2003–2023): A Retrospective Analysis of Prospectively Collected Data

ANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Burns pose a significant public health concern due to their severe physical and psychosocial effects and the need for specialised care. Understanding their epidemiology is vital for prevention, resource allocation and disaster planning.
Justin Hunt, Madison Bowles, Nicholas Tellam, Elizabeth Vujcich, Jason Brown   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Verbal abuse and mobbing in pre-hospital care services in Chile

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 2018
Objective: to determine the perception of verbal abuse and mobbing and the associated factors of paramedic technicians (nursing assistants) and professionals (nurses, midwives, kinesiologists) in the pre-hospital care areas of three regions in the south ...
Varinia Rodríguez Campo, Tatiana Paravic Klijn   +1 more
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The utility of the brain trauma evidence to inform paramedic rapid sequence intubation in out-of-hospital stroke

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2020
Background Rapid sequence intubation (RSI) is used to secure the airway of stroke patients. Randomized controlled trial evidence exists to support the use of paramedic RSI for traumatic brain injury (TBI), but cannot necessarily be applied to stroke RSI ...
Pieter Francsois Fouche, Paul Andrew Jennings, Malcolm Boyle, Stephen Bernard, Karen Smith   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The prevalence of cocaine-associated chest pain in a London hospital [PDF]

, 2004
Objectives: To determine the prevalence of cocaine misuse in patients presenting to an Accident and Emergency department with chest pain.
Bandeeri, N., Henry, J. A., Meredith, C., Treacy, C.   +3 more
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