Multi-country case study on school health policy and its implementation in relation to COVID-19 control in Micronesia Small Islands Developing States.

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic caused school closures and rises in mental illness and non-communicable disease among school children worldwide. The Pacific Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) were also affected, but school health activities, which can effectively reduce negative effects of COVID-19, were not widely implemented compared to other Asia-Pacific countries. This study examined current school health implementation and related policies at national, local, and school levels in the Micronesia SIDS according to phases of COVID-19 control.

Content analysis of health-related subjects in the K12 school curricula of Japan, Indonesia, Philippines, Guam, Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Palau, and Fiji.

Background: As a component of health promoting school, a school curriculum for health education was considered a fundamental. This survey aimed to identify the components of health-related topics and in which subjects were they taught.

Methods: Four topics were chosen: (i) hygiene, (ii) mental health, (iii) nutrition-oral Health, and (iv) environmental education related to global warming in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD).

Confirmation of needle cricothyroidotomy using an esophageal detector device in a porcine model.

The difficult intubation is one of the most trying situations encountered in airway management. Transtracheal jet ventilation via needle cricothyroidotomy can provide temporary oxygenation in this critical situation in a minimally invasive fashion. The esophageal detector device (EDD) has been previously shown to be effective in determining the tracheal placement of endotracheal tubes.

Negative intratracheal pressure produced by esophageal detector devices causes tracheal wall collapse in a porcine cardiac arrest model.

Background: Esophageal detector devices (EDDs) impose negative pressure on the trachea or esophagus to verify endotracheal tube (ETT) position. In cardiac arrest, the smooth muscle of the lower esophageal sphincter relaxes in a time-dependent and irreversible manner. If relaxation also occurs in the muscular posterior tracheal wall, it could predispose tracheal invagination or collapse with negative pressure, potentially yielding false-negative (tracheal ETT, EDD indicates esophagus) results.

Dolasetron versus ondansetron as single-agent prophylaxis for patients at increased risk for postoperative nausea and vomiting: a prospective, double-blind, randomized trial.

This study identified 100 ambulatory surgery patients receiving general anesthesia who were at increased risk for postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) and randomly assigned them to receive single-agent prophylaxis (12.5 mg of dolasetron or 4 mg of ondansetron) 15 to 30 minutes before the end of surgery. Data were collected in the postanesthesia care unit, and patients completed a questionnaire 24 hours after surgery.