VIEWS AND PERCEPTIONS OF ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT PRACTITIONERS ON INITIATING, WITHHOLDING AND TERMINATING RESUSCITATION IN OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST IN THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES OF SOUTH AFRICA

Views and perceptions of advanced life support practitioners on initiating, withholding and terminating resuscitation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the Emergency Medical Services of South Africa

Introduction: This study aimed to explore the views and perceptions of Advanced Life Support (ALS) practitioners in two South African provinces on initiating, withholding, and terminating resuscitation in OHCA.Methodology: Semi-structured one-on-one interviews were conducted with operational ALS practitioners working within the prehospital setting

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A Multifunctional Wind Power Conversion System With Sensorless Operation and Power Quality Improvement Features

The paper proposes a model reference adaptive system with fourth order generalized integrator (MRAS-FOGI) for power quality improvement in wind power systems.With the effect of a model-reference speed estimator in conjunction with the generalized integrator, the system offers robustness towards significant fluctuations in wind speed while minimizin

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Development of Rural Communities by Diversification of Rural Economy in the Context of Sustainable Development

The sustainable development is a process taking place at the same time with 15-eg1053cl the complex and sustainable agricultural development; agriculture and the rural area being interdependent sides specific to rural communities.When analysing economic activity in the rural area we should pay a particular attention to the identification of such al

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