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Air ambulance transport in sub-Saharan Africa : challenges experienced by health care professionals
Dissertation (MCur)--University of Pretoria, 2011.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/29781 Air ambulance transport in sub-Saharan Africa : challenges experienced by health care professionals Heyns, Tanya Hattingh, S.P. marlize.kuhn@internationalsos.com Visser, Marlize Air ambulance transport Health care professionals UCTD Dissertation (MCur)--University of Pretoria, 2011. Introduction Air ambulances transport patients to their home country or to centres of medical excellence when they are critically ill or injured. From stranded hikers to cancer patients, individuals worldwide use air ambulance transport when they need care that cannot be provided in the country or area where they are situated. Aim The overall aim of this study was to explore the challenges experienced by health care professionals during air ambulance transport of patients in sub-Saharan Africa. Research method A quantitative, non-experimental, descriptive, exploratory design was used. The study was conducted in three phases. Phase 1 was the planning of the questionnaire, Phase 2 was the pre-testing of the questionnaire and Phase 3 was the execution phase in which the questionnaires were distributed, and data were captured and analysed. Results The researcher used the data generated from the questionnaires to indicate short falls within air ambulance transport services in sub-Saharan Africa. Conclusion The researcher made recommendations in order to increase the level of air ambulance services in sub-Saharan Africa. Nursing Science unrestricted 2013-09-07T16:37:11Z 2011-12-05 2013-09-07T16:37:11Z 2011-09-09 2011-12-05 2011-11-24 Dissertation Visser, M 2011, Air ambulance transport in sub-Saharan Africa : challenges experienced by health care professionals, MCur dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29781 > E11/9/233/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29781 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11242011-124203/ © 2011, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Air ambulance transport Health care professionals UCTD Air ambulance transport in sub-Saharan Africa : challenges experienced by health care professionals |
| title | Air ambulance transport in sub-Saharan Africa : challenges experienced by health care professionals |
| title_full | Air ambulance transport in sub-Saharan Africa : challenges experienced by health care professionals |
| title_fullStr | Air ambulance transport in sub-Saharan Africa : challenges experienced by health care professionals |
| title_full_unstemmed | Air ambulance transport in sub-Saharan Africa : challenges experienced by health care professionals |
| title_short | Air ambulance transport in sub-Saharan Africa : challenges experienced by health care professionals |
| title_sort | air ambulance transport in sub saharan africa challenges experienced by health care professionals |
| topic | Air ambulance transport Health care professionals UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29781 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11242011-124203/ |