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Abstract WP54: Design and Preliminary Results on an Educational Intervention to Foster Stroke Coordinator Engagement, Knowledge, and Job Satisfaction

Stroke Journal

The aim of this study s to train SC throughout Alabama’s six EMS regions and evaluate whether training in certification in Stroke Nursing increases overall job satisfaction.Methods:This part of StrokeSTAT, a larger observational trial designed to evaluate the implementation of severity-based stroke triage across Alabama’s six EMS regions.

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Abstract WP36: Proven Strategies for Educating Staff and Reducing Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries in Stroke Hospital Units

Stroke Journal

of their unit-acquired HAPIs were reportable to the state’s Department of Public Health (DPH) in FY21 and 20% were reportable to the DPH in FY22. The stroke units at a large teaching hospital saw an increase in HAPI’s during fiscal years (FY) 21 and 22 with 16 collective HAPIs in FY21 and 25 in FY22. Additionally, 12.5%

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Multiprofessional heart failure self-development framework

Open Heart

Objective Heart failure remains a key public health priority across the globe. Previous published competency frameworks in heart failure have focused on the value of doctors, nurses and pharmacists. The median age of people with heart failure admitted to hospital in the UK is 81 years old.

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Abstract TP271: A Retrospective Analysis of Demographic and Clinical Variables Within a Single Center Young Stroke Cohort

Stroke Journal

Introduction:Despite significant efforts to increase public awareness of cerebrovascular disease, the incidence of stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) in young adults has remained elevated, representing a major public health concern.

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Top Cardiology Conferences in 2024

Cardiology Update

This event encompasses various facets, including public health, primary care, secondary prevention, rehabilitation, sports cardiology, and exercise. Hashtag: #EASCongress2024 8.

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What is the correlation between number of doctors in a society & health of population ?

Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

The health of a society is a complex and multifaceted concept that depends on various factors such as access to healthcare services, education, socioeconomic conditions, lifestyle choices, public health policies, and cultural factors. Nolte, Ellen, Mckee, MartinDoes : Book Title : Health Care Save Lives?

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The experts who loved lockdowns until it was cool to hate them.

Dr. Anish Koka

Western public health intellectuals and the bureaucrats that follow them would leap at the opportunity to use emergency powers to mimic the China approach. The most vulnerable in society, the elderly in nursing homes, spent much of the 2 years alone and confined to a single room. And for that, he was vilified.