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  2. Emergency medical services in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    This is the minimum qualification to be a crew member of an ambulance in South Africa. Training includes a 160-hour course consisting of lectures and practical simulations. The lectures cover basic anatomy and physiology, basic life support (including both CPR and first aid), emergency care, the use of ambulance equipment, including Automated ...

  3. Intensive care medicine - Wikipedia

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    Intensive care training is provided as a fellowship and is awarded as a Sub-Specialty certificate of Critical Care (Cert. Critical Care) which is awarded by the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa. Candidates are eligible to enter sub specialty training after completing specialty training in Anaesthetics, Surgery, Internal Medicine, Obstetrics ...

  4. Intensivist - Wikipedia

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    Training in the medical speciality of intensive care medicine is facilitated and managed by the College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand. Training takes a minimum of six years to complete after internship and involves a dedicated 12 months of clinical medicine training and 12 months of anaesthesia training in addition to training in the intensive care unit. [4]

  5. Critical care nursing - Wikipedia

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    The result was a four-part, front-page series that ran from October 23 to 26, 2005, entitled Critical Care: The making of an ICU nurse. [10] The added psychological stress of nursing in critical care units has been well-documented, and it has been argued the stress experienced in ICU areas are unique in the profession. [11]

  6. Emergency medical services - Wikipedia

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    A critical care paramedic, also known as an advanced practice paramedic or specialist paramedic, is a paramedic with additional training to deal with critically ill patients. [ 69 ] [ 70 ] [ 71 ] Critical care paramedics often work on air ambulances , which are more likely to be dispatched to emergencies requiring advanced care skills.

  7. Nursing in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    The South African Nursing Council (SANC) was initially established by the Nursing Act, No. 45 of 1944, and currently by the Nursing Act, No. 50 of 1978 as amended. [1] SANC inspects and approves nursing schools and education programs; examines, registers, and enrolls nurses, midwives, and nursing auxiliaries; licenses nursing agencies; and monitors nursing employers.

  8. Tambo Memorial Hospital - Wikipedia

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    The Tambo Memorial Hospital (previously known as Boksburg Benoni Hospital) is a regional hospital located in Boksburg in Gauteng Province, South Africa.. This regional hospital is situated about 70 km from Pretoria, 30 km from Johannesburg CBD and 10 km from O. R. Tambo International Airport.

  9. Milpark Hospital - Wikipedia

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    It has 346 beds, of which 95 are used for high care and intensive care. [1] [2] The hospital also houses the only Gamma Knife unit in South Africa. The Netcare Milpark Level One Trauma Centre is the first privately owned hospital in South Africa and the most advanced healthcare facility in Southern Africa.