The statutory duty to undertake emergency planning had been helpful in enabling the establishment of subgroups and other strategic working groups with clearly defined terms of reference, leading to the production of plans and exercises.
Given the stated target readership of non-neurosurgeons, the detailed technical description of craniotomy is a bit unexpected but may be useful for the general surgeon who is forced to undertake emergency neurosurgery.
NRHM also envisages empowering non-specialist medical officers to undertake emergency obstetric procedures and administer anesthesia; promoting delivery by skilled birth attendants; strengthening the skills of auxiliary nurse midwives to provide life-saving care during delivery; and stimulating demand for safe delivery through the Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) incentive scheme.
After undertaking emergency inspections of 23 homes in the city in recent months, state officials identified major violations at most of them and began disciplinary proceedings against 11.
The Environment Agency is also undertaking emergency measures in some places, such as moving fish from drying up rivers to safer habitats, and pumping oxygen into depleted rivers to save aquatic life.
At present, CXL should be considered in cases of severe unresponsive infectious keratitis before undertaking emergency keratoplasty.
Two cardiac dedicated catheter laboratories are the minimal requirement for a PCI service undertaking emergency cases.
Standardization of care, following simple evidence-based guidelines, such as ELPQuiC, should be considered in all hospitals undertaking emergency laparotomy.
As of 1 October 2008, 14 of the 20 UNICEF Country Offices in the region have undertaken emergency response (Angola, Burundi, Comoros, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe).
4 Key points: institutional facilities Two cardiac dedicated catheter laboratories are the minimal requirement for a PCI service undertaking emergency cases.
Training skilled attendants to prevent, detect and manage major obstetric complications, including undertaking emergency caesarean surgery in complicated deliveries is arguably the single most important factor in preventing maternal deaths and protecting the human rights of women [ 1, 7, 9, 10].
