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D S Watson

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PubMed1992

Ear health of aboriginal primary school children in the Eastern Goldfields Region of Western Australia.

The ear health and state of hearing of 642 Aboriginal children living in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia in 1989 was assessed by audiometry, otoscopy and tympanometry in order to establish the efficacy of the existing ear health program. A heavy burden of ear disease and hearing loss is reported and the findings are compared with previous surveys. A conclusion is drawn that the ear health of this population has not improved in the last decade.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1992

Developing a competency-based education program for nurse-monitored sedation.

Because of technological innovations and changes in the methods of health care delivery in the ambulatory setting, a new role for the perioperative nurse has emerged, that of monitoring patients who receive intravenous (IV)-conscious sedation during surgery and other invasive procedures. This article describes how to develop a competency-based education program for an ambulatory surgery center advocating the role of both a circulating nurse and monitoring nurse for the care of patients receiving IV-conscious sedation.

Competency-Based Education↗
PubMed1989

Telemedicine.

Ideally, health care is a communication-intensive process and information that relates to problem-solving and treatment regimens is exchanged constantly among health workers and between patients and their health-care providers. The primary health-care teams in a remote area of Queensland were linked with their base hospital, regional hospitals, a teaching hospital and an aerial retrieval team by means of AUSSAT 1. This article describes the changes in the health workers' consultations and in their patient-management practices when they used the satellite communications network. These changes resulted in improved health care and reduced some health-care costs.

Allied Health Personnel↗
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General practitioner prescribing habits; The Western Australian experience, 1972-1973.

A research project to assess the possibility of modifying general practitioner prescribing habits in Western Australia is described. The results suggest a high level of acceptance of the drug information provided, and a significant alteration in prescribing habits is reported along the lines which might have been predicted.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗