Data were extracted and formatted into tables. This included any data on the following:.
The term hyperventilation syndrome (HVS) was first mentioned in 1938 by Kerr et al who attributed their patients' tetany to hyperventilation associated with anxiety. Since then, the term has been...
The following medical literature databases were searched: Allied and Complementary Medicine Database (AMED); British Nursing Index (BNI); CINAHL Plus; Cochrane Library; Medline; and PubMed. A range of...
CA is a skill using both the bell and diaphragm of a stethoscope on the praecordium to identify both normal and abnormal sounds emanating from the heart. This is part of a complete examination of the...
Since its introduction, POCUS has been used to enhance the assessment of a wide range of clinical conditions across medical and traumatic pathologies. For example, the ‘focused assessment with...
BBN is described in the clinical setting as the delivery of any news that drastically and negatively alters the patient's view of his or her life (Adebayo et al, 2013). In the event of an OHCA, the...
The use of the PICO technique (O'Connor et al, 2008) determined initial keywords around the topic and further synonyms were then generated. The chosen search strategy was ‘burns AND cool* AND outcome...
This quasi-experimental study was performed at the pre-hospital unit in the North Denmark Region from February 2010 to December 2012, over a total of 35 months, including the 1-month training period..
Bleeding within the body affects two principal physiological systems:.
Survival from OHCA depends on a system of time-critical interventions known as the ‘chain of survival’ (Nolan et al, 2006). Improved outcomes from OHCA have been reported by centres that have...
Glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) is a nitric oxide (NO) donor, which can be used to provide immediate relief for cardiac chest pain, and lower blood pressure. Cardiac chest pain is usually as a result of...
A systematic review of published literature was performed in November 2016, using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses convention (Moher et al, 2009). Similar...
A service evaluation was performed with analysis of patient outcome by the review of patient report forms (PRFs). Patients who received pre-hospital TXA were identified and further analysis of their...
In 1999, a Department of Health medicines review chaired by Dr June Crown identified that there was overwhelming support for the extension of prescribing rights for a range of health professionals,...
In this case study the author attended a 42-year-old male patient who complained of shortness of breath and fatigue. The patient's medical history was of intravenous drug use, myocardial infarction,...
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