Revue de l'infirmière
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Comas result from acute life-threatening neurological failure. To understand coma, it is firstly necessary to define it, to cite the aetiologies and their epidemiology and to describe the chronic disorders of consciousness. It is also important to address the challenges and principles of treatment during the acute phase.
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Revue de l'infirmière · Jun 2015
[Ebola virus disease and accredited specialist health institutions].
Ebola virus disease (EVD) went in the space of a few months from being a forgotten tropical disease to a global "health emergency". The scope of this Ebola virus epidemic (Zaire strain), which has broken out in West Africa, its spread and the high number of deaths reported among frontline health workers are unprecedented. This article describes how a specialist hospital deals with imported cases of EVD.
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Sophie and Pierre have enrolled in the operational team of a humanitarian organisation for two months, in order to help contain the Ebola epidemic. They landed in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, only yesterday.
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Psychologists observe the representations and behaviour which may fuel pain perception. They assure the psychological follow-up of the patient, depending on their needs, and by helping the team give meaning to the behaviour observed.