Could extubation in the PACU reduce awareness and improve theatre utilisation?

the search for the self in becketts theatre: waiting for godot and endgame

this thesis is based upon the works of samuel beckett. one of the greatest writers of contemporary literature. here, i have tried to focus on one of the main themes in becketts works: the search for the real "me" or the real self, which is not only a problem to be solved for beckett man but also for each of us. i have tried to show becketts techniques in approaching this unattainable goal, base...

Wound care: Patch could improve healing and reduce scarring

Peripheral Awareness in a Theatre of Work

Knowledge workers typically work at a number of different places and cooperate with local or remote colleagues. At the same time they work in both the physical world with physical artefacts and in the electronic world with electronic artefacts. In all these different settings they need information about their coworkers and about shared artefact as a basis for efficient work that adequately cont...

Emergency trauma theatre utilisation – the St George’s Hospital, London experience

Background The Royal College of Surgeons of England encouraged the creation of singly dedicated 24-hour emergency theatres in 1997; emergency operating was previously largely determined by theatre availability rather than clinical need. Shortly after this St George’s Hospital, London designated one of its three trauma theatres as an ‘Acute Emergency Theatre’ (AET) and implemented a policy to ma...

Private theatre utilisation in South Africa: a case study.

INTRODUCTION A large private operating theatre complex was investigated to address the lack of published South African benchmarks for utilisation. All major theatres were staffed during normal working hours (07h00 - 19h00), emergency cases being provided for on an ad hoc basis through spare capacity. METHODS An extensive billing database, amounting to 28 991 records of procedures performed du...