Impact of COVID-19 on Basic Life Support Training Among Medical Students: An Experimental Study.

Aims And Objectives: Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is the most common cause of mortality worldwide. Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) improves the victim's outcome, especially when the response time for advanced life support is prolonged. We performed a study to estimate the difference in knowledge among first-year medical students after basic life support (BLS) training (part of their foundation course) before and during the novel COVID-19 pandemic.

Prevalence and impact of abnormal routine pre-operative test results among elective surgical patients with or without co-morbidity: An observational comparative study.

Background: At present, selective and clinical assessment-based pre-operative investigations are advocated, but it is yet far from routine practice.

Aim: This study aims to assess the prevalence and impact of abnormal routine pre-operative test results among co-morbid and non-co-morbid elective surgical patients.

Methods: Data for this prospective study were collected by reviewing the medical charts of the patients attending pre-anaesthetic clinic from December 2016 to April 2017.

A randomised comparative study on customised versus fixed sized pillow for tracheal intubation in the sniffing position by Macintosh laryngoscopy.

Background And Aims: The sniffing position has been most commonly used for positioning of the head and neck to facilitate tracheal intubation. However, the optimum degree of head elevation for the optimal laryngeal view is not well studied, especially in non-Western countries. The present study was aimed to compare the use of a fixed height pillow versus a customised pillow (CP) height for head elevation, in terms of glottis visualisation and time required for tracheal intubation.