Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
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Emerg Med Australas · Dec 2011
Teaching medical students to resuscitate children: an innovative two-part programme.
The objective of the present study was to design and evaluate a novel, 'blended learning' approach to the teaching of paediatric resuscitation to medical students. ⋯ A novel paediatric resuscitation course for medical students was developed and evaluated. This demonstrated significant objective improvements in student knowledge throughout the course, at course completion and at 8 month follow up. There were also significant subjective improvements in knowledge, confidence and ability to perform paediatric resuscitation.
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Some major trauma (Injury Severity Score [ISS] >15) patients transported to a secondary hospital in Perth do not survive. We sought to describe this cohort and assess preventability. ⋯ The proportion of potentially preventable major trauma deaths at Perth secondary hospitals is low. The most notable group were the elderly after falls, and trauma system efforts should be focused on this group. Primary prevention of major trauma represents the biggest opportunity for improvements in trauma survival.
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Emerg Med Australas · Dec 2011
Impact of technical assistants for venepuncture and intravenous cannulation on overall emergency department performance.
The objective of the article was to determine the effect of a technical assistant for venepuncture and i.v. cannulation on triage performance and patient length of stay in an ED. ⋯ Staffing the ED with a technical assistant was associated with improved ED performance for triage category three and average length of stay for triage category two patients.