Delivery life support: A preliminary report on the chain of survival for complicated deliveries in rural Cambodia

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 263-269

  Chandy, Houy ^a   Steinholt, Margit ^b   Husum, Hans ^c  

^a Trauma Care Foundation   (Cambodia)

^b Sandnessjoen Hospital   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Maternal mortality; Perinatal mortality; Rural; Training; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CAREGIVER; DELIVERY; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HOSPITAL SERVICE; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDWIFE; OBSTETRIC CARE; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TEAMWORK; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAMBODIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDWIFERY; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 35548944854     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2007.00321.x     Document Type: Article

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