Health professionals’ perceptions regarding family witnessed resuscitation in adult critical care settings

Abstract

This is the first study about family witnessed resuscitation in Jordan. Considering multi-disciplinary healthcare professionals' views would be helpful when starting to implement this practice in Jordanian hospitals.

Possibilidade de acompanhar o atendimento emergencial na perspectiva da família: estudo descritivo

“…In order to do so, the families also need to be assisted with caution and attention. Therefore, it is possible to avoid, or at least, to reduce, the feeling of inability that families declare they feel during the experience of an emergency situation (14,16) . The results of the present study found sadness, inability, and the sensation to have abandoned the relative as feelings the interviewees reported they had when waiting for the end of the emergency procedures.…”

“…The justifications to exclude these individuals are fundamentally centered in the fear that the relatives may lose their emotional control, interfering in the assistance provided and/or that the families suffer from psychologically stressing memories related to care, specially when the outcomes are unfavorable (death/sequels) (14,16) . However, it is important to consider that the families, when experiencing and acute and serious illness of one of their own, show the necessity to be present (17) .…”

“…Furthermore, it is worth to mention that during the moment of emergency care, it is common that the families are stressed and confused with the lack of information (7) . It is known that both the patient and the relative, when well informed, help and support in the treatment of the illness (16) . Therefore, health professionals must inform about the illness, the signs and symptoms, the diagnose, the treatment, and the follow up to other health units.…”

Evaluation study of government kindergartens between the city and the rural area

“…Question 2: How do you evaluate the Jordanian experience in the field of child rearing? Twelve members of the study confirmed that the Jordanian experience in the evaluation of kindergartens in public schools has been considered a pioneering and useful experience for the educational learning process for several reasons, Most notably associated the specificity of the target age group from the age of three years and eight months to five years and eight months, providing them with opportunities to learn and benefit from the integration ladder of education qualifies them for the development and improvement and life skills in various fields, experiments, which led to the future of the privileged, and the second of these reasons the physical conditions of most families and this measure reflect the good planning for the future, which led to the consideration of the kindergarten stage within the educational ladder adopted in Jordan, and this may be a fruit of the fruits of the knowledge economy [36][37][38]. Followed by the most prominent statements of those quoted "Jordanian experience in the field of raising children every day in continuous progress" "Most of our government schools have a typical kindergarten" The excellent but necessary development includes the interactive curriculum that has developed in 2007, and we are now 2017 reasonable what develop as.…”

Attitudes and practices of health science students regarding blood donation

“…The necessity for blood transfusions is increasing day-to-day as a consequence of advancements in specialized medical care. It should be noted that worldwide, the number of deaths from road traffic accidents (RTA) has increased as a result of shortage of blood transfusion facilities near the accident site (Gupta, 2000, Bashayreh et al 2015.). Blood transfusions are often necessary for dealing with injuries, RTA, burns, many types of surgeries, wars and emergency cases , as well as for sufferers undergoing treatment for cancer and other illnesses, such as sickle cell anemia and thalassemia (ALBashtawy et al, 2015; ALBashtawy & Aljezawi, 2015; Al-ghzawi et al, 2014; Mansi et al, 2013).…”