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Prehospital endotracheal intubation practices by paramedics in the provincial ambulance service of the Western Cape province of South Africa
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 76-79).
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2014
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| author | Roos, John |
| author2 | James, Michael Frank Mansel |
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| description | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 76-79). |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/3028 Prehospital endotracheal intubation practices by paramedics in the provincial ambulance service of the Western Cape province of South Africa Roos, John James, Michael Frank Mansel Anaesthesia Includes bibliographical references (leaves 76-79). It is well-established that endotracheal intubation in the field is associated with a considerably greater degree of difficulty, and a much higher complication and failure rate than intubation undertaken in the operating-theatre environment. The reasons for this are many-fold, have been quantified and discussed in detail. This study assesses the difficulties encounteed by paramedics in the field, by identifying factors contributing to difficult and failed intubation, by quantifying the incidence of difficult and failed intubations, by assessing and describing the incidence of complications and adverse outcomes, and by assessing the impact of the procedure on patient care. This dissertation includes a comprehensive international literature review of studies related to prehospital endotracheal intubation, and discusses and compares these published findings to the results obtained from this study. Furthermore, this study provides feedback to paramedics, paramedic-educators and managers, by offering a comprehensive strategy for improvement in the procedure of field intubation, with a view to increased safety, ease of execution, and improved patient outcome. 2014-07-28T14:39:53Z 2014-07-28T14:39:53Z 2006 Master Thesis Masters MMed http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3028 eng application/pdf Department of Anaesthesia Faculty of Health Sciences University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Anaesthesia Roos, John Prehospital endotracheal intubation practices by paramedics in the provincial ambulance service of the Western Cape province of South Africa |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Prehospital endotracheal intubation practices by paramedics in the provincial ambulance service of the Western Cape province of South Africa |
| title_full | Prehospital endotracheal intubation practices by paramedics in the provincial ambulance service of the Western Cape province of South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Prehospital endotracheal intubation practices by paramedics in the provincial ambulance service of the Western Cape province of South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prehospital endotracheal intubation practices by paramedics in the provincial ambulance service of the Western Cape province of South Africa |
| title_short | Prehospital endotracheal intubation practices by paramedics in the provincial ambulance service of the Western Cape province of South Africa |
| title_sort | prehospital endotracheal intubation practices by paramedics in the provincial ambulance service of the western cape province of south africa |
| topic | Anaesthesia |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3028 |
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