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Sara Harris

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PubMed2006

Voice outcome measures: correlations with patients' assessment of their condition and the effectiveness of voice therapy.

This study investigated correlations between voice outcome measures. Participants' ratings from the Voice Handicap Index (VHI) and a self-rating scale of vocal impairment (SRS) were compared with perceptual assessment (using GRBAS) and acoustic analysis of sustained vowels and connected speech. The measures were taken from ten female participants, pre- and post-therapy. Correlations between pre-therapy measures were generally stronger than between post-therapy measures; and parameters significantly related to participants' assessment of their condition differed from those related to participants' perceptions of improvement. Within the framework of the importance of multidimensional outcome measures, it is recognized that interdimensional relationships need not necessarily exist. For certain parameters, this appeared to be the case.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2004

Public access defibrillation--designing a universal report form and database for a national programme.

We describe the design of a universal report form for use by lay-responders using an automated external defibrillator (AED) as part of a national programme for public access defibrillation (PAD). The form was designed initially because the Department of Health in England required detailed audit data about the national programme for public access defibrillation they initiated. At that time (1999) there was very little reported experience of public access defibrillation and none from the UK. The form evolved pragmatically as experience showed the wide range of situations under which lay-persons might use an AED, and also the information likely to be available that could be collected reliably. This report may help others who wish to audit schemes for PAD and facilitate the evolution of an internationally acceptable template for data collection.

Databases, Factual↗
PubMed2003

The immediate life support course.

The immediate life support course (ILS) was launched by the Resuscitation Council (UK) in January 2002. This multi-professional 1-day resuscitation course teaches the essential knowledge and skills required to manage a patient in cardiac arrest for the short time before the arrival of a cardiac arrest team or other experienced medical assistance. The ILS course also introduces healthcare professionals to the role of a cardiac arrest team member. The course provides the candidate with the knowledge and skills to recognise and treat the acutely ill patient before cardiac arrest, to manage the airway with basic techniques, and to provide rapid, safe defibrillation using either manual or automated external defibrillators (AEDs). The course includes lectures, skill stations and cardiac arrest scenarios. The ILS course has standardised much of the life support training that already takes place in UK hospitals. In 2002, 16547 candidates attended ILS courses in 128 course centres. In this article, we discuss the rationale for, and the development and structure of the ILS course. We also present the first year's results and discuss possible future developments. It is hoped that this course may become established in counties in continental Europe through the European Resuscitation Council.

Advanced Cardiac Life Support↗