Ugeskrift for laeger
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Ugeskrift for laeger · Nov 2012
[Health professional operators at dispatch centres shall ensure identification of cardiac arrest and initiate counselling by telephone].
Denmark has introduced health professional operators (HPO) at the dispatch centres to ensure early identification of cardiac arrest and earlier initiation of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to improve survival. Communicative skills and personal competences are important, and the HPOs' medical background will probably lead to better triage of patients. Their use of a protocol, leads to a more frequent recognition of cardiac arrest and contributes to better CPR guidance. A common national training for all the HPOs' has been implemented and future guidance might include video-transmission.
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Ugeskrift for laeger · Nov 2012
Case Reports[Vestibular schwannoma as cause of sudden unilateral deafness and tinnitus].
Vestibular schwannoma (VS) is a rare disorder. In Denmark, approximately 120 patients are being diagnosed yearly. This is a case report of a 29-year-old female patient with VS, which began with sudden deafness 6-7 years ago. The correct diagnosis was made relatively late.