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ECSSA AGM and New Board of Directors

The 2011 ECSSA Conference was the second South African conferencedevoted to prehospital emergency care, but the first to be held under theauspices of ECSSA. It represented an important opportunity for localemergency care workers to update, discuss and reflect upon the currentstate of the profession, and the way forward.

"What is arguablyneeded today is a newguiding principle ordoctrine coupled with anew concept ofoperation that takes intoaccount demographicchange, aprofessionalised morecapable paramedicworkforce and the hardrealities of economics"

An Analysis Of ParamedicOutOfHospitalEndotracheal IntubationSuccess In Johannesburg,South Africa

Intubation Using The MillerAnd AirtraqLaryngoscopes: APaediatric Manikin Study

The Relationship BetweenHead Injury And TheHaemodynamic ResponseTo Tracheal Intubation

Extubation Force: AComparison Of AdhesiveTape, NonAdhesive TapeAnd A CommercialEndotracheal Tube Holder

Spinal Cord Clearance:Current ParamedicPractices And PerceptionsIn South Africa

The Effect of Three BasicFluid Insulation Techniqueson the DeliveryTemperature of a WarmedIntravenous CrystalloidSolution Rapidly Infused ina Cold Environment

The Accuracy Of ACommonly Used AgeBased Weight Formula OnChildren In Johannesburg

Determination Of APreferential MidazolamDosing Regime For DrugAssisted Intubation UsingThe Delphi Method

The Prevalence Of BurnoutAmong Advanced LifeSupport Paramedics InJohannesburg, Gauteng

What Is The EmergencyCare Provider Role InDomestic ViolenceIntervention? Abstain OrAdvocate?

An Evaluation Of TheCalibration And PhysicalCondition Of AneroidSphygmomanometers InThe Prehospital Setting

The Accuracy Of AneroidSphygmomanometersUsed By An EmergencyMedical Service InJohannesburg

Knowledge AndApplication Of TheGlasgow Coma Scale ByEmergency CarePersonnel

Impact Of EmergencyCare Technicians OnAdvanced Life SupportProvision In SedibengDistrict, Gauteng

Articulation Between TheEmergency CareTechnician AndEmergency Care DegreeProgrammes

Emergency MedicalPractitioners PerceptionsOf Advanced Life Suppddeort ParamedicProfessionalism InJohannesburg, GautengExposure Of University PreHospital Emergency CareStudents To PaediatricEmergency Cases AndClinical Skills

Paramedic StudentsCompliance With TaughtIndications Relating To TheNeed For EstablishingIntravenous Access