Knowledge, attitude and practice on advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) among the general duty medical officers in Bhutan
Advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) is one of the important lifesaving procedures administered by emergency medical professionals. International guidelines and literature recommends periodic training of health personnel on ACLS. In Bhutan, the General Duty Medical Officers (GDMO) is often the first...
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author | Sona Pradhan Karma Tenzin Dorji Pelzom Jigme L Dorji Passang Dorji Mongal Singh Gurung |
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description | Advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) is one of the important lifesaving procedures administered by emergency medical professionals. International guidelines and literature recommends periodic training of health personnel on ACLS. In Bhutan, the General Duty Medical Officers (GDMO) is often the first line doctors to attend to the critically sick including cardiac arrest patients. |
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spelling | doaj.art-6ed85e30b96047eeac11a639096d2c0c2023-10-25T10:01:33ZengKhesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences of BhBhutan Health Journal2413-29932415-11142019-05-0151323310.47811/bhj.7780Knowledge, attitude and practice on advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) among the general duty medical officers in BhutanSona Pradhan0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0272-2165Karma Tenzin1Dorji Pelzom2Jigme L Dorji3Passang Dorji4Mongal Singh Gurung5https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6481-6242Emergency Department, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital, Thimphu, Bhutan.Faculty of Postgraduate Medicine, KGUMSB, Thimphu, BhutanMinistry of Health, Thimphu, BhutanEmergency Department, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital, Thimphu, BhutanEmergency Department, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital, Thimphu, BhutanHealth Research and Epidemiology Unit, Ministry of Health, Thimphu BhutanAdvanced cardiac life support (ACLS) is one of the important lifesaving procedures administered by emergency medical professionals. International guidelines and literature recommends periodic training of health personnel on ACLS. In Bhutan, the General Duty Medical Officers (GDMO) is often the first line doctors to attend to the critically sick including cardiac arrest patients.https://bhj.com.bt/index.php/bhj/article/view/80 |
spellingShingle | Sona Pradhan Karma Tenzin Dorji Pelzom Jigme L Dorji Passang Dorji Mongal Singh Gurung Knowledge, attitude and practice on advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) among the general duty medical officers in Bhutan Bhutan Health Journal |
title | Knowledge, attitude and practice on advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) among the general duty medical officers in Bhutan |
title_full | Knowledge, attitude and practice on advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) among the general duty medical officers in Bhutan |
title_fullStr | Knowledge, attitude and practice on advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) among the general duty medical officers in Bhutan |
title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge, attitude and practice on advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) among the general duty medical officers in Bhutan |
title_short | Knowledge, attitude and practice on advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) among the general duty medical officers in Bhutan |
title_sort | knowledge attitude and practice on advanced cardiac life support acls among the general duty medical officers in bhutan |
url | https://bhj.com.bt/index.php/bhj/article/view/80 |
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