Resuscitation preparedness for general practice

  • S Ravagan Medunsa
  • W Kloeck Resusitationi Council of Southern Africa
Keywords: resuscitation, emergency medicine, preparedness

Abstract

General practices are not exempted from situations dealing with dire emergencies. For general practitioners to be effective in coping with such situations, they should at all times be prepared to resuscitate patients. This article gives an overview of the preparation required to manage such events.

Author Biographies

S Ravagan, Medunsa
MBBS(Colombo), M Prax Med(Medunsa), DTM&H(Wits), Dip PEC(SA), DHSM(Wits), FACRRM, FRACGP Director - Emergency Medicine, Broken Hill Health Service, Australia (Formerly, Academic Head - Northern Province Unit, Department of Family Medicine, Medunsa
W Kloeck, Resusitationi Council of Southern Africa
MBBCh(Wits), Dip PEC(SA) National Chairman
Issue
Vol 45 No 1 (2003)
Section
Original Research
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