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Ahmed, Gehan EL Nabawy; Abosamra, Omyma Mostafa – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) is a costly, preventable, and often fatal consequence of medical therapy that increases hospital and intensive care stays in mechanically ventilated patients. The prevention of VAP is primarily the responsibility of the bedside nurse whose knowledge, beliefs, and practices influence the health outcome of ICU…
Descriptors: Equipment, Prevention, Nurses, Hospitals
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Eryilmaz, Selcen Korkmaz; Kaynak, Kerimhan – African Educational Research Journal, 2020
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a 6-week skill-based volleyball training program on the running economy (RE) of male competitive volleyball players. Ten male amateur volleyball players (age 21.1 ± 1.5 years) participated in a 6-week skill-based volleyball training program three times a week in the pre-season preparatory…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Psychomotor Skills, Team Sports, Athletes
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Sella Weiss, Oshrat; Gvion, Aviah; Mcrae, Jackie – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2021
Background: There is increased involvement of speech and language therapists (SLTs) in critical care and long-term units supporting patients with ventilatory needs and complex dysphagia. SLTs have a range of specialist knowledge in the function of the pharynx and larynx to enable them to support therapeutic interventions and contribute to the…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Speech Language Pathology, Hospitals, Eating Disorders
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Ward, Elizabeth; Morgan, Tessa; McGowan, Sue; Spurgin, Ann-Louise; Solley, Maura – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2012
Background: Literature regarding the education, training, clinical support and confidence of speech-language therapists (SLTs) working with patients with a tracheostomy is limited; however, it suggests that many clinicians have reduced clinical confidence when managing this complex population, many face role and team challenges practising in this…
Descriptors: Evidence, Workplace Learning, Clinical Experience, Medical Education
Goldberg, Allen I.; Faure, Eveline A. M. – Rehabilitation Literature, 1986
France provides a model for the public-private-voluntary sector interaction with ventilator-dependent patients. The French regional associations are home ventilator care systems that have met the multiple needs of those concerned. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Foreign Countries, Models, Organizations (Groups)
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Schwartz, Karen D. – Developmental Disabilities Bulletin, 2009
In the course of the author's research into media representations of vulnerability and disability at end of life, she came across two local news stories, both thoroughly reported on by the "Winnipeg Free Press". In November 1998, doctors at a long term health care facility in Winnipeg, Manitoba insisted on entering a "do not…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Medical Services, Death, Older Adults
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While, Alison E.; Cockett, Andrea M.; Lewis, Samantha – Children & Society, 2004
The study found an increasing number of ventilator dependent children and young people living at home. Almost three quarters of the sample had a physical disability as a result of or in addition to their primary diagnosis. There was wide variation in the amount of paid care supporting these families which appeared unrelated to the level of…
Descriptors: Physical Disabilities, Nurses, Adolescents, Foreign Countries