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National
Haïti: Medicin Sans Frontières www.msf.be On August 2005 Medicine Sans Frontières (MSF) started an intervention in Cité Soleil, one of the most neglected and dangerous slums in Port au Prince, Haiti’s capital city, where 250,000 people live in poverty, violence and social instability. MSF re-opened Choscal Hospital (St. Catherine’s Hospital)...
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Industry
HAMILTON MEDICAL: RAPHAEL XTC www.hamilton-medical.com In March 2006 at ISICEM in Brussels, Hamilton Medical will launch the Raphael XTC, a single ventilation solution for both noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) and invasive ventilation. Combining the RAPHAEL platform with a single-limb breathing circuit and...
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Societies
ESICM Research Awards Jean Daniel Chiche Head of Research Committee www.esicm.org The European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) has launched a programme to fund European research initiatives led by young investigators. Thanks to a genuine partnership with industrial leaders, 6 Industry Research Awards ranging...
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Research
Research: SCCM Awards The 35th Critical Care Congress of the Society of Critical Care Medicine was held in San Francisco 7th to 11th January 2006. A selection of the SCCM awards is reported here and a full list is available on the SCCM website: www.sccm.org/ membership/awards/recipients/index.asp The winner of the 2006 SCCM Vision...
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What can Critical Care Learn From HRO
Authors Tanja Manser, PhD Centre for Organizational and Occupational Sciences ETH Zurich [email protected] David M. Gaba, MD Stanford University Patient Simulation Centre of innovation, VA Palo Alto Health Care System Geoffrey K. Lighthall, PhD, MD...
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A Novel Collaborative Model to Improve ICU Care in Michigan
Authors Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD Dept. of Anaesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, USA [email protected] Christine A. Goeschel, RN, MPA, MPS Keystone Centre for Patient Safety and Quality Michigan Health and Hospital Association Lansing, USA...
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Team Skills for Safety
Authors Rhona Flin , PhD Professor of Applied Psychology Thomas Reader, MA Postgraduate Research Student Industrial Psychology Research Centre, University of Aberdeen [email protected] www.abdn.ac.uk/iprc Effective teamwork is crucial for ensuring patient safety within the...
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Training Residents for Safety
Author MariamA. Al-Ansari, MD, FRCSI Consultant Intensivist Salmaniya Medical Complex Kingdom of Bahrain [email protected] Medical errors related to residents are well-documented. Focusing the attention of physicians-in-training towards patient safety represents an opportunity for improving safety...
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French Healthcare System
The French healthcare system is one of the most advanced but also most expensive in Europe. A major review of the health system in 1996 introduced new regulations aimed at limiting the growth of health expenditure. These regulations led to much tighter government controls of public and private hospitals, as well as ambulatory care services, to rationalize...
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French Intensive Care Associations
Société Française d’Anesthésie-Réanimation The aims of this state-approved Society have been to study, promote and teach anaesthesia and intensive care since 1991, and additionally since 1998 to promote safety in all procedures carried out by intensivists and anaesthetists. Activities of the Society include: • the organization of scientific...
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