Abstract Sexual assault is an on-going epidemic issue with no end in sight. Healthcare providers are in constant search for opportunities to improve prevention through education and response to sexual assault. The classic victim has always been female; however, in recent years men have been coming forward to report abuse and assault. A societal norm…
Developing Emergency Action Plan for Gym
Understanding emergency procedures in fitness environment An emergency response system is crucial for ensuring a safe environment for members, users, and staff, as well as being a very sound practice for managing risk. With health and fitness facilities, an emergency response system must be established to offer the highest reasonable safety level for users and…
Controversies in ECMO
Parag Gharde, Sandeep Chauhan Controversy is defined as “Public debate about a matter which arouses conflicting opinion.” (Oxford English Dictionary) ECMO or ECLS- To start with there is controversy regarding the name itself. There are two abbreviations that we commonly come across in literature – ECMO- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ECLS- extracorporeal life support This support…
Complications of Exodontia
Introduction: Patient’s visit the dental clinic for a routine or planned visit for treatment, conditions related to the oral cavity or due to pain. Even with the invention of advanced dental techniques in restoration of teeth, extraction is one of the most routinely carried out dental procedure (El-Kenawy and Ahmed, 2015). Exodontia can be defined…
Length of stay in pediatric intensive care unit
1.1 Scope of Review The following review of the past work done in the area of intensive care unit (ICU) length of stay is divided into two parts. The first part covers the studies done on the PICU length of stay while the second part delves into the literature of ICU length of stay. 1.2…
Impact Of Family Presence During Cpr Nursing Essay
Family presence during cardio pulmonary resuscitation is always a debatable issue among health care professionals. However, the family plays a very critical role in providing supportive care and has the most stakes in the patient’s survival, progress and outcome. This paper reviews the literature and highlights the benefits and consequences of the family presence during…
Bystander Intervention in Improving Survival Changes of CPR
Pre-Hospital Care On Scene Time. In response to a call for a possible cardiac arrest, the time that it takes for first responders to arrive on scene greatly influences the survival rate of those that receive CPR. In the cases of non-survivors, those who either received care from uneducated bystanders (83.8%) or did not receive…
Practice of Motor Skills in Nursing: CPR
Quantitative Article Background The objective of this paper is to select a qualitative research article that is nursing based and that will be useful in future nursing practice. The article, “Deliberate Practice of Motor Skills in Nursing Education: CPR as Exemplar” by Oermann et al. (2011), explores the effects of strict practice to retain proper…
Literature Review and Annotated Bibliography: Importance of Improving Health Providers CPR Skills- Knowledge and Confidence
Introduction According to Engle (2019), an annotated bibliography is a list of citations to books, articles, and documents. Each citation is followed by a brief descriptive and evaluative paragraph, the annotation. “The purpose of the annotation is to inform anyone who reads the annotated bibliography, of the relevance, accuracy, and quality of the sources they…
Review of Literature on Clinical Guidelines in Patient Care
This brief considers the empirical literature on the use of clinical guidelines in patient care. It is argued that negative guideline characteristics and justified concerns amongst doctors negate satisfactory adherence. Clinical guidelines have been part of the UK landscape for many decades, as a means of improving health care for patients (Woolf et al, 1999)….