MIDWIVES' BAG AND CONTENTS.

Midwives for midwives. Protecting the sacred circle.

María Catalina lives in a small village called Áto, about an hour and a half walk from Antigua, a colonial city in the Guatemalan highlands. The region is surrounded by volcanoes, and is an agricultural center for the production of corn and coffee. Catalina looks much older than her 38 years, and is plagued by chronic health problems stemming from a life of poverty and hard physical labor. She ...

Midwives for Midwives in Guatemala: Weaving Traditional and Professional Midwifery

A first response bag with standardized contents for medical emergencies on cruise ships.

BACKGROUND There are no international rules regarding which medical supplies to bring when the nurseon- duty is called to emergencies outside a cruise ship's infirmary. Ideally, one First Response Bag should contain all that is needed to manage the initial 10-15 minutes of any medical emergency until the patient can be safely transported to the ship's infirmary. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd rece...

Motivations For BYOD: An Investigation Of The Contents Of A 21st Century School Bag

Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) is an emerging socio-technical phenomenon in both businesses, and increasingly, in schools-where it is being advocated for ICT enabled learning. The later has not, to date, received as much research attention as the former. Despite accelerating adoption, the factors that affect students’ use of BYOD are still not well articulated. This research determines those fact...

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