scholarly journals Increasing the use of continuing professional development courses to strengthen trauma care in Ghana

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 197-200
Author(s):  
Samuel Debrah ◽  
Peter Donkor ◽  
Charles Mock ◽  
Joseph Bonney ◽  
George Oduro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Trauma Care ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Teaching Hospitals ◽  
Advanced Trauma Life Support ◽  
The Past ◽  
Keywords Trauma ◽  
District Hospitals ◽  
Primary Trauma

Injury is a major cause of death and disability in Ghana. Strengthening care of the injured is essential to reduce this burden. Trauma continuing professional development (CPD) courses are an important component of strengthening trauma care. In many countries, including Ghana, their use needs to be more uniformly promoted. We propose lowcost strategies to increase the utilization of trauma CPD in Ghana, especially in district hospitals and higher need areas. These strategies include developing plans by regional health directorates and teaching hospitals for the regions for which they are responsible. Lists could be kept and monitored of which hospitals have doctors with which type of training. Those hospitals that need to have at least one doctor trained could be flagged for notice of upcoming courses in the area and especially encouraged to have the needed doctors attend. The targets should include at least one surgeon or one emergency physician at all regional or large district hospitals who have taken the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) (or locally-developed alternative) in the past 4 years, and each district hospital should have at least one doctor who has taken the Primary Trauma Care (PTC) or Trauma Evaluation and Management (TEAM) (or locally-developed alternatives) in the past 4 years. Parallel measures would increase enrollment in the courses during training, such as promoting TEAM for all medical students and ATLS for all surgery residents. It is important to develop and utilize more “home grown” alternatives to increase the long-term sustainability of these efforts, Keywords: trauma, injury, education, training, continuing professional developmentFunding: None

scholarly journals Knowledge and Proficiency in Skills of Initial Trauma Management among Healthcare Personnel in Secondary Care

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 267-271
Author(s):  
HY Embu ◽  
SI Nuhu ◽  
SP Bishmang
Keyword(s):  
Airway Management ◽  
Respiratory Distress ◽  
Trauma Care ◽  
Secondary Care ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Healthcare Personnel ◽  
Advanced Trauma Life Support ◽  
Trauma Management ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
North Central

Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) protocols aim to provide good trauma care by enhancing the skills of medical personnel all over the world and while this is well established in developed countries it does not appear to be so in developing countries. This study aims to assess the knowledge and proficiency in initial trauma management skills among health caregivers in some general/cottage hospitals in north central Nigeria. Questionnaires were developed to assess the knowledge and skills of care givers in airway management, respiratory distress and shock. The questionnaires were administered on caregivers involved in trauma care in some general/cottage hospitals that offer secondary care in a state in north-central Nigeria. There were 34 health workers who responded, 10 (29.41%) were doctors and 24(70.54%) were nurses. Their years of experience were from 2 to 35 years (median 14years). Ten (29.41%) had at least one training in ATLS in the past while 24(70.59%) had none. In assessing their management skills, 97.06% reported they were able to assess the airway, 88.24% could do chin lift, 73.53% jaw thrust while 91.18% were able to insert oral airway. Thirty-one (91.18%) were able to recognize respiratory distress, 88.24 were able to administer oxygen using facemask and 64.71% using nasal prong. Thirty (88.24%) could assess a patient for shock, 82.35% could splint fractures for haemorrhage control. Twenty-seven (79.41%) reported knowing parameters to monitor during resuscitation. We concluded that knowledge of airway management was high but proficiency and confidence in performing these skills were low.

scholarly journals Situating Continuing Professional Development in Life Long Learning in Qatar

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vishanth Weerakkody ◽  
Mohamad Osmani ◽  
Paul Waller ◽  
Nitham Hindi ◽  
Rajab Al-Esmail
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The Past ◽  
Life Long Learning ◽  
The Us ◽  
Local Contexts ◽  
The Uk ◽  
High Level

<p>Continued professional development (CPD) has been at the centre of capacity building in most successful organisations in western countries over the past few decades. Specialised professions in fields such as Accounting, Finance and ICT, to name but a few, are continuously evolving, which is necessitating certain standards to be followed through registration and certification by a designated authority (e.g. ACCA). Whilst most developed countries such as the UK and the US have well established frameworks for CPD for these professions, several developing nations, including Qatar (the chosen context for this article) are only just beginning to adopt these frameworks into their local contexts. However, the unique socio-cultural settings in such countries require these frameworks to be appropriately modified before they are adopted within the respective national context. The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of CPD in Qatar through comparing the UK as a benchmark and drawing corresponding and contrasting observations to formulate a roadmap towards developing a high level framework.</p>

scholarly journals Should Ongoing Airway Education be a Mandatory Component of Continuing Professional Development for College of Intensive Care Medicine Fellows?

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 190-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Brewster ◽  
C. P. Nickson ◽  
J. J. Gatward ◽  
M. Staples ◽  
F. Hawker
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Medicine ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
The Past ◽  
Full Compliance ◽  
Advanced Airway ◽  
Collection Data ◽  
Airway Equipment ◽  
Skills Education

This study aimed to determine whether airway education should be introduced to the continuing professional development (CPD) program for College of Intensive Care Medicine (CICM) Fellows. A random representative sample of 11 tertiary intensive care units (ICUs) was chosen from the list of 56 units accredited for 12 or 24 months of CICM training. All specialist intensive care Fellows (n=140) currently practising at the eleven ICUs were sent the questionnaire via email. Questionnaire data collection and post-collection data analysis was used to determine basic respondent demographics, frequency of certain airway procedures in the past 12 months, confidence with advanced airway practices in ICU, participation in airway education in the past three years, knowledge of can't intubate, can't oxygenate (CICO) algorithms, preference for certain airway equipment/techniques, and support for required airway education as a component of the CICM CPD program. All responses were tabled for comparison. Data was analysed to establish any significant effect of another specialty qualification and current co-practice in anaesthesia on volume of practice, confidence with multiple airway procedures, use of airway equipment, and support for airway education. In total, 112 responses (response rate 80%) to the questionnaire were received within four weeks; 107 were completed in full (compliance 96%). All results were tabled. There is currently widespread support amongst CICM Fellows for airway skills education as a CPD requirement for CICM Fellows. Volumes of practice and confidence levels with different airway procedures vary amongst Fellows and further support the need for education.

scholarly journals Paediatric Life Support by Advanced Paediatric Life Support, Australia: course review

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shannon Macfarlane ◽  
James Pearce
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Airway Management ◽  
Cardiac Rhythm ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Basic Life Support ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Intraosseous Access ◽  
Face To Face

The Advanced Paediatric Life Support, Australia Paediatric Life Support course is designed to improve outcomes for critically ill and injured paediatrics treated by healthcare professionals. It is comprised of pre-reading, online learning and a one-day face-to-face session that covers basic life support, airway management, cardiac rhythm recognition and defibrillation, intraosseous access and recognition of the seriously injured and ill child. This paper reviews the course and concludes that it should be considered as part of the continuing professional development requirements for paramedics.

Terrorism in Turkey

2003 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 152-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulkumen Rodoplu ◽  
Jeffrey Arnold ◽  
Gurkan Ersoy
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
Advanced Trauma Life Support ◽  
Emergency Plan ◽  
Hospital Emergency ◽  
Incident Command ◽  
The Past ◽  
Medical Response ◽  
Emergency Medical

AbstractOver the past two decades, terrorism has exacted an enormous toll on the Republic of Turkey, a secular democracy with a 99.8% Muslim population. From 1984 to 2000, an estimated 30,000 to 35,000 Turkish citizens were killed by a nearly continuous stream of terrorism-related events. During this period, the Partiya Karekeren Kurdistan (PKK), a Kurdish separatist group (re-named KADEK in 2002), was responsible for the vast majority of terrorism-related events (and casualties), which disproportionately affected the eastern and southeastern regions of Turkey, in which the PKK has focused its activities. Most terrorist attacks over the past two decades have been bombings or shootings that produced <10 casualties per event. From 1984 to 2003, 15 terrorist attacks produced ≥30 casualties (eight shootings, five bombings, and two arsons). The maximum number of casualties produced by any of these events was 93 in the Hotel Madimak arson attack by the Tu r kish Islamic Movement in 1993.This pattern suggests that terrorist attacks in Turkey rarely required more than local systems of emergency medical response, except in rural areas where Emergency Medical Services (EMS) are routinely provided by regional military resources. The last decade has seen the development of several key systems of local emergency response in Turkey, including the establishment of the medical specialty of Emergency Medicine, the establishment of training programs for EMS providers, the spread of a generic, Turkish hospital emergency plan based on the Hospital Emergency Incident Command System, and the spread of advanced training in trauma care modeled after Advanced Trauma Life Support.

Knowledge and Proficiency in Skills of Initial Trauma Management among Healthcare Personnel in Secondary Care

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 267-271
Author(s):  
HY Embu ◽  
SI Nuhu ◽  
SP Bishmang
Keyword(s):  
Airway Management ◽  
Respiratory Distress ◽  
Trauma Care ◽  
Secondary Care ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Healthcare Personnel ◽  
Advanced Trauma Life Support ◽  
Trauma Management ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
North Central

Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) protocols aim to provide good trauma care by enhancing the skills of medical personnel all over the world and while this is well established in developed countries it does not appear to be so in developing countries. This study aims to assess the knowledge and proficiency in initial trauma management skills among health caregivers in some general/cottage hospitals in north central Nigeria. Questionnaires were developed to assess the knowledge and skills of care givers in airway management, respiratory distress and shock. The questionnaires were administered on caregivers involved in trauma care in some general/cottage hospitals that offer secondary care in a state in north-central Nigeria. There were 34 health workers who responded, 10 (29.41%) were doctors and 24(70.54%) were nurses. Their years of experience were from 2 to 35 years (median 14years). Ten (29.41%) had at least one training in ATLS in the past while 24(70.59%) had none. In assessing their management skills, 97.06% reported they were able to assess the airway, 88.24% could do chin lift, 73.53% jaw thrust while 91.18% were able to insert oral airway. Thirty-one (91.18%) were able to recognize respiratory distress, 88.24 were able to administer oxygen using facemask and 64.71% using nasal prong. Thirty (88.24%) could assess a patient for shock, 82.35% could splint fractures for haemorrhage control. Twenty-seven (79.41%) reported knowing parameters to monitor during resuscitation. We concluded that knowledge of airway management was high but proficiency and confidence in performing these skills were low.

Terrorism in Turkey

2003 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 152-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulkumen Rodoplu ◽  
Jeffrey Arnold ◽  
Gurkan Ersoy
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
Advanced Trauma Life Support ◽  
Emergency Plan ◽  
Hospital Emergency ◽  
Incident Command ◽  
The Past ◽  
Medical Response ◽  
Emergency Medical

AbstractOver the past two decades, terrorism has exacted an enormous toll on the Republic of Turkey, a secular democracy with a 99.8% Muslim population. From 1984 to 2000, an estimated 30,000 to 35,000 Turkish citizens were killed by a nearly continuous stream of terrorism-related events. During this period, the Partiya Karekeren Kurdistan (PKK), a Kurdish separatist group (re-named KADEK in 2002), was responsible for the vast majority of terrorism-related events (and casualties), which disproportionately affected the eastern and southeastern regions of Turkey, in which the PKK has focused its activities. Most terrorist attacks over the past two decades have been bombings or shootings that produced <10 casualties per event. From 1984 to 2003, 15 terrorist attacks produced ≥30 casualties (eight shootings, five bombings, and two arsons). The maximum number of casualties produced by any of these events was 93 in the Hotel Madimak arson attack by the Tu r kish Islamic Movement in 1993.This pattern suggests that terrorist attacks in Turkey rarely required more than local systems of emergency medical response, except in rural areas where Emergency Medical Services (EMS) are routinely provided by regional military resources. The last decade has seen the development of several key systems of local emergency response in Turkey, including the establishment of the medical specialty of Emergency Medicine, the establishment of training programs for EMS providers, the spread of a generic, Turkish hospital emergency plan based on the Hospital Emergency Incident Command System, and the spread of advanced training in trauma care modeled after Advanced Trauma Life Support.

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