Health Consequences of Climate Change: Continuing Education Opportunities for Health Professionals in the United States.

Climate change is a looming public health challenge. The health consequences of climate change are increasingly recognized as contributing to negative health outcomes for individuals, families, communities, and populations. The education of health professionals in academic programs and continuing education in clinical practice settings is critical in today's world.

A cross-sectional study to assess faculty and student knowledge of climate change and health: Readiness for curricular integration.

Aims: To examine the perceived knowledge, attitudes and beliefs regarding climate change and health of academic faculty and students in programmes for health professionals and to identify barriers/facilitators to and resources required for curriculum integration.

Design: Cross-sectional survey eliciting quantitative and open-ended responses.

Methods: A 22-question survey to assess climate-health knowledge/attitudes/beliefs was distributed to all students and faculty (n = 224) at one academic institution in the United States.

The role of transactive memory systems, psychological safety and interpersonal conflict in hospital team performance.

Safe patient care in hospitals relies on teamwork. Transactive Memory Systems (TMS), are shared cognitive systems that have been linked to team performance in other domains, but have received limited attention in healthcare. This study investigated the role of TMS, psychological safety and interpersonal conflict in predicting team performance in hospital ward teams where team membership is dynamic and often loosely defined.

A CLIMATE: A Tool for Assessment of Climate-Change-Related Health Consequences in the Emergency Department.

Climate change is an urgent public health problem that has looming implications and associated deleterious health consequences. The intersection of climate change and health has broad implications for health professionals in a variety of settings but especially for ED settings. Climate change is already affecting human health and health systems-which includes impacts on ED care.

Two decades on - cardiothoracic surgical care practitioners in the UK: a narrative review.

Background: The role of Surgical Care Practitioner (SCP) was first introduced by the NHS in the field of cardiothoracic surgery more than two decades ago to overcome the chronic shortage of junior doctors, and subsequently evolved into other surgical specialties. This review aims to provide evidence on the current situation of SCPs' clinical outcomes within their surgical extended role, with an emphasis on the cardiothoracic surgical field.

Method: A systematic search of PubMed, Scopus, Embase via Ovid, Web of Science and TRIP was conducted with no time restriction to explore the evidence on SCPs.

A comparative study of video lecture versus video lecture and high fidelity simulation for training nurses on the delivery of targeted temperature management after cardiac arrest.

Introduction: Targeted temperature management (TTM) is recommended for cardiac arrest patients. Successful implementation of a TTM protocol depends on the nurses' knowledge and skills. The study's aim was to compare the level of knowledge, psychomotor skills, confidence and satisfaction before, immediately after and at 6 weeks after training nurses on the delivery of TTM with video lecture versus video lecture and high fidelity simulation.

A rapid review of educational preparedness of advanced clinical practitioners.

Aim: The aim of this study was to synthesize available data on current educational provision related to preparation for the advanced clinical practice role.

Design: A mixed methods rapid review of the literature.

Data Sources: A search of Ovid Medline and Ovid EMBASE for English language papers published 2006-2018 resulted in 38 publications, which met the criteria for inclusion.

An "Intention-Focused" paradigm for improving bystander CPR performance.

Despite public education campaigns and a chest compression-only initiative, bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is provided in approximately 30-40% of out of hospital cardiac arrests in the United States. Bystander CPR rates may not improve without addressing factors influencing bystanders' probability of performing CPR. We propose an "intention-focused" model for the bystander CPR performance utilizing validated behavioral theory.

Association of serum lactate and survival outcomes in patients undergoing therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest.

Introduction: Recent studies have suggested that serum lactate may serve as a marker to predict mortality after resuscitation from cardiac arrest (CA). The relationship between serum lactate and CA outcomes requires further characterization, especially among patients treated with therapeutic hypothermia (TH) and aggressive post-arrest care.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of patients resuscitated from non-traumatic CA at three urban U.