Assessment of the effect of Advanced Paediatric Life Support training on level of self-perceived preparedness among health-care workers in Cambodia.

Objective: The objective of this study was to survey the self-perceived preparedness of Cambodia's Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS) providers towards their APLS training and accreditation 5 years post-implementation.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was administered in December 2009 to APLS providers who had been trained throughout the 5 year period from December 2005 to May 2009.

Results: One hundred and two (93%) APLS providers responded.

Neonatal presentations to a Mixed Emergency Department.

Aims: To investigate the characteristics of neonates presenting to a metropolitan Mixed Emergency Department (MED). To examine whether there are maternal and neonatal characteristics which increase the risk of presentation to the ED in the neonatal period.

Methods: A retrospective chart review was performed of all neonatal presentations occurring between July 2002 and June 2003 to Liverpool Hospital Emergency Department, a Level 6 MED located in south-western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, seeing approximately 45,000 presentations annually of which 20% are paediatric.