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Research to get more people to become organ donors

It happens that patients die due to organ deficiency. Those who need a new kidney, a heart valve or a liver may have to wait a long time. To see how the staff's work on donations in intensive care departments should be facilitated, PhD student Theres Södereld is doing a survey among public and health care professionals.

Have you alerted 112 on behalf of another person?

In order to contribute to the development of acute care, research is currently being carried out to study inringers' experience of meeting emergency personnel at the site before the ambulance arrives, a so-called IVPA mission. Now people from Norrbotten need these experiences.

Effective using actors in teaching

Having actors enact as patients and their relatives is effective when teaching nursing students in psychiatcric and elderly care, a new study from Luleå University of Technology shows.

Good health encounters beneficial for patients

Good encounters within the primary healthcare can help persons with long-term illnesses in their recovery from treatments, according to new research from Luleå University of Technology. To often meet new doctors and district nurses is however considered stressful and confusing by the patients.

Marianne Sirkka awarded honorable scholarship

During Wednesday's award ceremony at Vetenskapens hus Marianne Sirkka received a scholarship in memory of the County Council Director Elisabeth Holmgren. She was awarded the scholarship for her research on improving processes with different approaches to reorientation, establishment and sustainability.

Joint development of health care in the region

The health care system is facing major challenges. With two new professors in the subject of Nursing and a freshly signed letter of intent between Luleå University of Technology and the Norrbotten County Council, will the cooperation deepen and expand.

Presentation on telephone-assisted led CPR on congress

For every minute that passes without CPR is started, the chance of survival decreases by ten percent. At the CPR Congress in Gothenburg a study from Luleå University of Technology was presented, which shows that there are difficulties to give and perform certain instructions in telephone-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation, T-CPR,

New research shows deficits in discharge planning

Discharge planning is a complex process that aims to secure the patients’ care transition from home to the hospital and back home. New unique research shows that there are hindrances on different organizational levels that affect the process workflow, which can lead to negative consequences for the patient.

Time at intensive care can give unreal memories

Critically ill patients who are cared for in the intensive care unit and receive cortisone treatment, strong sugar solutions or high doses of hypnotics may experience severe unreal memories or memory loss. It is the results of a research article appointed Best Nursing Review Paper of the scientific journal Australian Critical Care.

Demand for research on coercive measures

Researcher Git-Marie Ejneborn Loois thesis on alternatives to coercion measures in psychiatric inpatient care is one of Luleå University of Technology's most downloaded theses in 2015. Despite being in Swedish and only been available for four months it stands out from the crowd with 950 downloads.

Published:27 February 2016

Updated: 11 October 2019

By:IT

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