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Elsa Sanatombi Devi ¹, Shreemathi S. Mayya ², K. L. Bairy , Manu Mohan , A. Anjali , M. Aswathy , J. Jophy , S. Luan , M. Manu , J. Neethu , M. V. Shalabha , N. M. Shiyad , N. Vikas

Affiliations
1 Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, IN
2 Deptt. of Statistics, Manipal University, Manipal, IN

Abstract

A nurse who graduates from the student period is the one who is going to turn out to be a clinical nurse specialist, working in any setup to handle emergencies. But how far does the curriculum focuses on the very basic critical care to handle emergencies. It is well known fact that sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death in the world and most of them die before reaching the hospital or in the emergency room. During such situations where time plays a crucial role in the recovery, even a second delay can further decline the chances of recovery. Hence is imperative to note, whether the student nurses are really competent to handle cardiac emergencies? The current scenario shows that nurses constitute the largest single group of health care professionals in any health care organization. The very nature of their work brings them closest to the population they serve. Due to their person to person interaction, Nurses are expected to be mainly responsible for the efficient and effective management of patient care services. More importantly, it must be ensured that they are adequately trained in terms of cardiac emergency drug management which is a crucial step in a patient's survival in cardiac emergencies. The present study emphasized on the existing knowledge and application skills on cardiac emergency drugs, which clearly showed that the students require further input into their knowledge and practice. Hence, errors in medications are made whether minor or major and even to the extent of losing a person's life. Therefore students' lack of complete knowledge and practice can have adverse impact on the quality of care and also threat to patient's life.

Keywords

Cardiac Emergency Drugs, Knowledge, Clinical Practice and Nursing Students.

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P. T. Rajan ¹, N. Vikas ²

Affiliations
1 Zoological Survey of India, Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre, Port Blair-744102, IN
2 Dive India, Havelock, South Andaman, IN

Abstract

The last few years have seen a significant increase of knowledge about the fishes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. During this study, four new record of fishes were made under 1 order, 2 families and 4 genera: Lepidozygus tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1856), Neopomacentrus cyanomos (Bleeker, 1856), Pomacentrus pavo (Bloch, 1787), and Acanthurus auranticavus Randall, 1956 associated with coral reefs.

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P. T. Rajan ¹, N. Vikas ²

Affiliations
1 Zoological Survey of India, Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre, Port Blair-744102, IN
2 Dive India, Havelock, South Andaman, IN

Abstract

Andaman Nicobar Islands situated in the Bay of Bengal between 6°45´-13°45´N and 92°10'-94°15´E, consist of 352 islands 220 islets and rock and cover a distance of almost 470 km over North South, with a coastline of 1962 km, and bring in for India an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of 600 thousand sq km. The coast is under the influence of a diverse set of oceanographical and ecological conditions. The shelf topography of these islands show frequent rises supporting coral reefs, which are characterized as fringing reefs on the eastern side and barrier reefs off west coast; the depressions are known as passages and straits.

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