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Assessment of Knowledge Retention in Military Personnel After Training Courses in Sieve Triage Using Different Simulated Scenarios Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Omar Ghazanfar, Saleh Fares, Ahmed H Mubarak, Ives Hubloue

Introduction In the course of their pre-deployment training, military students in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are instructed on sieve triage, which is used on the battlefield. The objective of this study is to test the retention of knowledge immediately after delivery of the triage course, at Day 30 and Day 60 in military personnel with no previous sieve-triage knowledge and with an undifferentiated professional background. Method Data ...

Comparison of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Technology versus Standard Practice of Scene Assessment by Paramedic Students of a Mass-Gathering Event Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Trevor Jain, Aaron Sibley, Henrik Stryhn, Adam Lund, Ives Hubloue

INTRODUCTION: The proliferation of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology has the potential to change the situational awareness of medical incident commanders' (ICs') scene assessment of mass gatherings. Mass gatherings occur frequently and the potential for injury at these events is considered higher than the general population. These events have generated mass-casualty incidents (MCIs) in the past. The aim of this study was to compare UAV ...

Disaster management training in the euregio-meuse-rhine: What can we learn from each other to improve cross-border practices? Hasselt University

Méryl Paquay, Sabrina Chevalier, Anja Sommer, Céline Ledoux, Marie Gontariuk, Stefan K. Beckers, Loth VAN DER AUWERMEULEN, Thomas Krafft, Alexandre Ghuysen
A R T I C L E I N F O Keywords: Disaster medicine Mass casualty incidents Disaster education Disaster planning A B S T R A C T Increasing numbers of disasters require comprehensive preparedness. Border regions are vulnerable as disasters might not halt at administrative borders. Cross-border coordination is therefore required. As integral part of cross-border collaborations initiative in the Meuse-Rhine Euregio (EMR), we reviewed published ...

Perceptual speech outcomes after early primary palatal repair in Ugandan patients with cleft palate Ghent University

Kim Bettens, Laura Bruneel, Cassandra Alighieri, Daniel Sseremba, Duncan Musasizib, Isaac Ojok, Andrew Hodges, George Galiwango, Anke Adriaansen, Evelien D'haeseleer, et al.
Objective: To provide speech outcomes of English-speaking Ugandan patients with a cleft palate with or without cleft lip (CP +/- L). Design: Prospective case-control study. Setting: Referral hospital for patients with cleft lip and palate in Uganda. Participants: Twenty-four English-speaking Ugandan children with a CP +/- L (15 boys, 9 girls, mean 8.4 years) who received palatal closure prior to 6 months of age and an age- and gender-matched ...

Impact of speech rate and mouth opening on hypernasality and speech intelligibility in children with a cleft (lip and) palate Ghent University

Cassandra Alighieri, Kim Bettens, Kristiane Van Lierde
Aim: this study evaluated the effectiveness of different speech techniques (i.e. modification of speech rate and/or mouth opening) for the rehabilitation of hypemasality in children with a cleft palate with or without a cleft lip (CP +/- L). The impact of speech rate and/or mouth opening was investigated on both hypemasality and speech intelligibility. Methods: thirteen patients with CP L and perceived hypemasality (mean age: 10y5m) and 13 age ...

Clinical application of a new approach to identify oral-nasal balance disorders based on nasalance scores Ghent University

Kim Bettens, Gillian de Boer, Tim Bressmann, Laura Bruneel, Kristiane Van Lierde
Objective: A new approach to classify oral-nasal balance disorders based on instrumental measurements was developed based on linear discriminant analysis (LDA) of nasalance scores of simulated oral-nasal balance disorders by de Boer and Bressmann. The current study aimed to apply the newly developed functions to clinical data to investigate the applicability of this new approach. Design: Retrospective diagnostic accuracy study. Setting: Tertiary ...

Intensive speech therapy in Ugandan patients with cleft (lip and) palate : a pilot-study assessing long-term effectiveness Ghent University

Cassandra Alighieri, Kim Bettens, Laura Bruneel, Charlotte Vandormael, Duncan Musazi, Isaac Ojoc, Evelien D'haeseleer, Kristiane Van Lierde
Background/aims: In resource-limited countries, traditional models for speech therapy delivery are not adequate to reach all patients in need. In those countries, intensive speech therapy might be a solution. Preliminary results of previous research demonstrated that intensive speech therapy can be effective in the short term for patients living in countries with limited access to speech therapy. Questions might arise whether or not intensive ...

Assessing Risks from Cyclones for Human Lives and Livelihoods in the Coastal Region of Bangladesh Vrije Universiteit Brussel KU Leuven

Mohammad Abdul Quader, Matthieu Kervyn, Amanat Ullah Khan

As a disaster prone country, Bangladesh is regularly hit by natural hazards, including devastating cyclones, such as in 1970, 1991 and 2007. Although the number of cyclones’ fatalities reduced from 0.3 million in 1970 to a few thousand or fewer in recent events, loss of lives and impact on livelihoods remains a concern. It depends on the meteorological characteristics of cyclone and the general vulnerability and capacity of the exposed ...