Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is a leading cause of death in the United States and Canada. In the United States, each year 330 000 people die of coronary heart disease out of the hospital or in emergency departments. Of these, 150 000 SCAs occur out of the hospital.1,2 Despite the development of electrical defibrillation and the more recent implementation of lay rescuer defibrillation programs, t...

The purpose of this study is to survey image quality and patient doses in radiographic examinations and to perform comparisons with the international Diagnostic Reference Levels (DRLs). This study is part of an International Atomic energy Agency (IAEA) project (RAF/9/033) and one public hospital and two private hospitals were selected. The rate of unsatisfactory images and image qualities grade...

Data-sharing systems—where healthcare providers jointly implement a common reporting system to promote voluntary reporting, information sharing, and learning—are emerging as an important regional, state-level, and national strategy for improving patient safety. The objective of this chapter is to review the evidence regarding the effectiveness of these data-sharing systems and to report on the ...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to analyze the cardiopulmonary resuscitation skills and teamwork of nurses in simulated cardiac arrests in the hospital. METHODS A descriptive study was conducted with 35 teams of 3 to 4 registered nurses each in a university hospital located in Seoul. A mannequin simulator was used to enact simulated cardiac arrest. Assessment included critical actions, ...

Abstract Investor accountability in international investment law (IIL) has been gaining increasing traction recent years. Most visibly, some states have included investor obligations their treaties, while others made them part of model treaties. While highly significant for the substance IIL, these duties need adequate procedural tools to enforce them. Otherwise, will be only decorative feature...

This study mapped the 52 nursing care actions prescribed for orthopedic patients onto Self-care Deficit: bathing and/or hygiene, Impaired Physical Mobility and Risk for Infection, according to the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC). The study was developed at a University Hospital in Porto Alegre, Brazil, using the Delphi Technique as the content validation method, considering a level o...