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<![CDATA[To Evaluate the Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Management of Acute Poisoning amongst the Emergency Medical Professionals in Pune, India ]]>
<![CDATA[Parag Rishipathak1 , Shrimathy Vijayaraghavan2 , Anand Hinduja3]]>
<![CDATA[ Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 14 No. 4 (2020): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology ]]>
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<![CDATA[Introduction: Poison is any substance, which causes ill effects, or death when inhaled, ingested or injectedin living cells. Emergency Medical Professionals working in Ambulances play a very important role ininitial management of poisoning. Hence, it is imperative that the EMS professionals should have requisiteknowledge and possess the right attitude to be effective caregivers in cases of poisoning.Objective: To evaluate the Knowledge and attitude regarding management of Acute Poisoning amongst theEmergency Medical Professional in Pune, India.Methodology:The study was conducted amongst 170 Emergency Medical Professionals in Pune, India. The eighteen-itemquestionnaire comprised of two key parameters – eight items testing Knowledge and ten items measuringAttitude. Each item on the questionnaire required a binary response. All items were required to be mandatorilyfilled.Discussion: The study evaluated the knowledge and attitude of the EMS professionals in initial managementof cases of acute poisoning. Majority of the respondents possessed the right general knowledge aboutpoisoning except that most felt that it was more important to treat the poison rather than patient but couldnot correctly differentiate between the early stage and late stage symptom of poisoning.Conclusion: The study attempts to evaluate the knowledge and attitude of the EMS responders in acutepoisoning and provides with significant areas with scope of improvement that can guide educators toaccordingly tailor the teaching curriculum of the subject of poisoning]]>
<![CDATA[Assessing the Effectiveness of Online Teaching Methodology among Emergency Medical Professionals in Pune, India ]]>
<![CDATA[Parag Rishipathak1, Monesh Bhandari2 , Anand Hinduja3]]>
<![CDATA[ Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 14 No. 4 (2020): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology ]]>
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<![CDATA[Introduction: With rapid evolution of information and research in Healthcare, students find it verychallenging to keep pace with the latest knowledge. To overcome this challenge, Healthcare InformationTechnology should be implemented at multiple levels i.e. during their Under Graduate and Post-Graduatetraining which shall make them well versed with online learning. During the COVID-19 pandemic manyhealthcare institutions have adapted to online teaching methodology, to continue with the academic year butit is necessary to assess the effectiveness and impact on students.In developing countries, where efficient educators in Healthcare are less in number, adapting to online basedcurriculum shall increase the reach of Healthcare Education to maximum learners.Objective: To assess the effectiveness of online teaching methodology among Emergency MedicalProfessionalsMethodology: The study was conducted amongst 100 Emergency Medical Professionals in Pune, India. Anonline session on Basic Life Support and Emergency Medical Services protocols was conducted via Zoomapplication. Participants were asked to respond to a pretested and validated tool, the Student Evaluation ofOnline Teaching Effectiveness (SEOTE).Result and Discussion: Online teaching was introduced in most of the universities as an alternative toclassroom training due to the COVID 19 pandemic. The study is an unique attempt to assess the participantfeedback on the effectiveness of a single online session. The results clearly demonstrate that majority of theparticipants provided a very positive feedback of the online teaching session.Conclusion: The participants’ feedback with regard to online teaching was found to be highly encouraging.Further longitudinal studies are essential to gauge the impactfulness of online teaching as an alternativemodality to classroom instruction.]]>
<![CDATA[Opportunities and Obstacles Faced During Work From Home in Teaching Faculties ]]>
<![CDATA[Poonam Yadav1 , Sharadha Ramesh, Merlin Suji1 , Leeja Bonny Thomas1 , Stephina Fernandis1]]>
<![CDATA[ Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 14 No. 4 (2020): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology ]]>
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<![CDATA[Introduction- The lockdown period amid Covid -19 has given the opportunity to the teaching faculties towork from home and to practise teaching learning activities using various online pedagogies (Zoom, WebEx,Google classroom, Google meet etc) to fill the knowledge gap which may transpire if the teaching learningactivities are ignored and not taken earnestly. Hence taking this in consideration and prioritizing the need oflearning activities to be carried in the virtual methods mostly all teaching faculties in various institutes haveplanned itinerary with the online teaching learning session hour by hour and day by day and also assignedassignments to the students to evaluate the effectiveness of their teaching. Methodology:A Non-ExperimentalDescriptive Research Approach “. The study was conducted among various teaching institutes of PuneCity. The selection of sample was based on easy geographical accessibility, cooperation, and availabilityof samples.The sample size for study was 100,selected by using Non Probability Convenience SamplingTechnique from various teaching institutes of Pune City who met the inclusion criteria.. Objective:1.Toassess the opportunities with work from home in teaching faculties from selected institutes of Pune City 2.Toassess the obstacles faced with work from home in teaching faculties from selected institutes of Pune City3.To associate the demographic variables with the opportunities and obstacles of work from home in teachingfaculties from selected institutes of Pune City.Result :The analysis asserts that the opportunities relatedto personal growth were sometimes applicable for 83% and was often applicable for 17 % of the teachingfaculties, work opportunities for majority of the teaching faculty’s i.e. 82 % were often applicable and foronly 18% of them these opportunities were applicable some times. Work obstacles were often applicable for53 % of teaching faculties and sometimes applicable for 47 % of teaching faculties. Technological obstacleswere often applicable to 88% of teaching faculties and for 12 % it was applicable sometimes. Conclusion:Work from home related to teaching faculties is associated with various opportunities and obstacles howeverit proposes that work from home can be given to teaching faculties also as it is more opportunistic to theteachers as well to the institutes.]]>
<![CDATA[Assessment of Selected Practices of Menstrual Hygiene among Rural Women at Pune City ]]>
<![CDATA[Prachi Jadhav1 , Aman Janbandhu1 , Tushar Thorat1 , Arunya Rajan1 , Leeja Bonny Thomas2 , Sheela3 Up]]>
<![CDATA[ Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 14 No. 4 (2020): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology ]]>
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<![CDATA[Menstruation: Despite the irrational taboos related to it, menstruation is a natural physiological method thateach healthy girl undergoes. Though every girl experiences it on a regular basis, not everyone seems tobe intelligent about the necessity to confirm hygiene. Menstruating girls ought to pay explicit attention toprivate hygiene. During this time, a woman’s vulnerability towards major ailments will increase.Poor expelling hygiene will result in several problems, such as fungal or microorganism infections ofthe reproductive tract and the urinary tract.The result shows during assessment of selected practices of menstrual hygiene among rural women 97%wash hands after changing pad, 98% women take bath during their menstruation, 38% women’s familykeeps them and their things separate during menstruation, 5% women have financial crisis/problem forbuying sanitary napkins and also 57% women avoid travelling to menstrual hygiene]]>
<![CDATA[Comprehensive Study on Medication Error to Improve Patient Safety ]]>
<![CDATA[Prakash Kalke1 , Darshana Mundhe2]]>
<![CDATA[ Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 14 No. 4 (2020): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology ]]>
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DOI: 10.37506/ijfmt.v14i4.12208
<![CDATA[Despite of the increasing advancement in the healthcare system, medication errors continue to exist.These errors are an increasing burden in modern healthcare practice in terms of both human sufferings andfinancial costs. Classification, Preventive Measures and the methods of Incident Reporting are the crucialelements to be considered while determining medication errors. The data available for same is vast andwidely distributed. So an effort is made to compile the data available and provide a learning platform toimprove understanding regarding medication errors among trainees as well as all healthcare professionals inorder to upgrade the existing healthcare facilities.]]>
<![CDATA[A study to Assess the Student’s Anxiety Level about Examination During Lock Down in Selected Colleges of Pune City ]]>
<![CDATA[Priyanka Kadam1 , Mangesh Jabade1 , Tejashri Ligade1]]>
<![CDATA[ Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 14 No. 4 (2020): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology ]]>
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<![CDATA[While whole world is facing the outbreak of COVID-19, universities are crucially affected at their core: Thestudents. For them, the period is undoubtedly very stressful: classes are moved online, semesters abroad arepostponed, examinations and how they are conducted remain uncertain. As universities have gone virtualwithin a matter of days, how have these affected students? For the students the stress and anxiety level isvery high due to lock down. 1Due to COVID-19 student’s anxiety level about examination has become very serious issue now days.College students are experiencing very serve anxiety level due to the lock down. . When stress is perceivednegatively or becomes excessive, it leads to anxiety before and during examinations and ultimately affectstheir academic achievement. As due to the pandemic situation many classes were conducted online mode ofteaching but as theCOVID -19situation is not yet under control students anxiety level is increasing day by day about theirexamination2. The present study was conducted to know the examinations anxiety felt by college studentsdue to lock down. The sample consisted of 60 college students drawn using Non Probability conveniencesampling method from selected colleges of city studying in Professional Courses (Including first year,Second year, Third year and Fourth year respectively) . A questionnaire was developed by the researcherto access examination anxiety among college students. The result shows correlation between examinationand anxiety of college students due to lock down. Design - The present study is a descriptive research. Thedata was collected from the primary sources. Results- Non Probability convenience sampling techniqueused to collect information from 60 participants studying in colleges of Pune city. And found that out of 60participants who participated in the current study the results were 50% students have very severe anxietylevel, 20% have severe anxiety, 20% moderate level of anxiety and 5% have Mild anxiety and reaming5% no anxiety level about their upcoming examinations Conclusion- This study was mainly conducted toassess the students anxiety level about examination during lock down .and it is understood that students aresuffering with anxiety level. .]]>
<![CDATA[Prevalence of Childhood Obesity and its PreventionSystematic Review ]]>
<![CDATA[Ranjana Chavan1, Mangesh Jabade2 , Dipali Dumbre2]]>
<![CDATA[ Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 14 No. 4 (2020): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology ]]>
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<![CDATA[Introduction: Childhood obesity is one of the most serious public health challenges of the 21st centuryand prevalent global public health issue as children. The number of overweight or obese infants and youngchildren (aged 0 to 5 years) increased from 32 million globally in 1990 to 41 million in 2016. Overweight andobese children are likely to stay obese into adulthood and more likely to develop non communicable diseaseslike diabetes and cardiovascular diseases at a younger age. Therefore Prevention of childhood needs highpriority. Material & Methods: 125 citations in PubMed & ISI Web of science found by electronic search andfinally 19 articles were selected for writing systemic review. The search strategy consisted of search stringscomposed of terms targeting: prevalence, childhood obesity, prevention we restricted the search to articlespublished since 2012 to appropriate balances feasibility of implementation and the validity of the resultinginformation. Result: The prevalence of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents aged 5-19has risen dramatically from just 4% in 1975 to just over 18% in 2016. (WHO, 2017). Somewhere between5.74 percent and 8.82 percent of school children in India are obese. In China, the overweight and obesityrate in children aged 7 and over was 12.2% and 7.3%, respectively. Four different studies were screenedwhich was focused on at least one components like physical activity, physical fitness, fruit consumption.Significant changes observed on sedentary time (Watching TV and studying), active play time and fruitconsumption but there was no effect on BMI or the prevalence of Overweight/ Obesity. A family BasedObesity prevention programme is effective strategy to prevent childhood obesity by providing physicalactivity classes to improve behavior and skills of the children. Conclusion: The strength of evidence isstated that family based intervention plays pivotal role in preventing Childhood obesity]]>
<![CDATA[A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Information Booklet on Selected Behavioral Problems among School Going Children in Terms of Knowledge of Selected Schools of Primary Schools Teachers of Pune City ]]>
<![CDATA[Rutuja Bhagwan Vairat1 , Nilima Suryakant Shinde1 , Amol Sanjay Gaikwad1 , Vishal Rajendra Chabukswa]]>
<![CDATA[ Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 14 No. 4 (2020): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology ]]>
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<![CDATA[Behavioural problems are refers to as the abnormal behaviour or abnormality of emotions, behaviour orrelationship. The problems may be sever or mild. But the behavioural problems are sufficiently sever &persistent to handicap the child in his social or personal functioning & to cause distress to the child.The present study assessed the effectiveness of Information Booklet on selected Behavioural problemsamong school going children in terms of knowledge of selected schools of primary schools teachers.Majority of subjects were (20%) were in age group of 25-30 years and 13.3% samples are from age groupof 36-40 years. 33.33% sample’s educational qualification was post graduate, 20.06% sample’s educationalqualification was graduate and 13.33% sample’s educational qualification were higher secondary. 66.6%sample’s work experience was above 12 years, 6.66% sample’s work experience was 7-12 years, 16.60%sample’s work experience was 4-6 years, and only 10% sample’s work experience was 0-3 years. On the basisof gender, 96.66% of samples were females and 3.34% were male. T-test was used to assess the effectivenessof informational booklet regarding behaviour problems and p-value was found to be less than ? (p= .031).]]>
<![CDATA[A Study to Assess the Eating Habits, Physical Activity, and Knowledge Regarding the Prevention of Obesity among School Children in a Selected Residential Area of Pune City ]]>
<![CDATA[Shraddha Daf1 , Shital Darekar1 , Dhananjay Kale1 , Gauri Pandey, Anil Jadhav1 , Iken Bole1 ,Seeta D]]>
<![CDATA[ Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 14 No. 4 (2020): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology ]]>
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<![CDATA[Background: India stands at second position in possessing a large number of children with obesity afterChina. Worldwide, millions of children are suffering from health problems related to obesity. In addition tofaulty eating habits, obesity among children also caused by genetic factors and lack of physical activities.Methodology: In the present study, researchers have executed a descriptive research design with a sample of60. The samples were of school-going children with age group between 9-16 years and they were nominatedin the study using convenient sampling design. The parameters include height, weight, and BMI of the schoolchildren to estimate the obesity of the children. This study also had focused to assess the physical activityand eating habits of subjects by assessing the knowledge regarding the prevention of obesity assessed byadministering using a checklist.Results: 65% of students had average knowledge on the prevention of obesity. 11.7% of the students have along-term illness which is limiting their daily activity. The majority of the subjects preferred outdoor gameswhile some subjects wished some sort of motivation to engage in sports activities. 61.7% of students likedto eat junk foods at least once a day. 16.7% of students fall under the category of overweight with BMI 24.6-30 kg/m2.Conclusion: School going children need to be highly educated regarding the benefits of eating a healthydiet and they need to be discouraged for favoring junk foods by quoting results of health issues after eatingjunk food items.]]>
<![CDATA[Assess the Preparedness Regarding Triage Skills Amongst Emergency Medical Professionals in Pune, India ]]>
<![CDATA[Shrimathy V 1 , Parag Rishipathak2 , Anand Hinduja3]]>
<![CDATA[ Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Vol. 14 No. 4 (2020): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology ]]>
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<![CDATA[Background: The word Triage means to sort or sieve and has originated from the French word “trier”. Theconcept of triage was first applied in the military to evaluate and categorize wounded soldiers quickly duringthe battle probably around 1792. Emergency medical services (EMS) professionals are the first respondersduring mass casualty incidents. Successful application of triage requires continued education and practicein real clinical situations. Hence, it is essential to assess the adequate preparedness with regards to triageamong EMS Professionals on a regular basis.Objective: To assess the preparedness regarding triage skills amongst Emergency Medical Professionals inPune, India.Methodology: The study was conducted amongst 120 Emergency Medical Professionals in Pune, India. Apreviously tested and validated Triage Skill questionnaire designed by Sitotaw Kerie etal and publishedin 2018 was utilized for the study. Participants were asked to respond to each item using 1-5 Likert scale.Questionnaire was administered to the participants through online mode after obtaining informed consent.Discussion: The results indicate that participants tended to over prioritize indicating lack of knowledgeof degree of care required by different patients. Majority of the participants scored between 146 to 180corresponding to high degree of confidence in their skills regarding triage and management of patient. Thescores obtained in the scenarios do not correlate with the self-perceived confidence.Conclusion: The study throws light on the over prioritization bias amongst EMS professionals. Althoughthe study has been conducted amongst 120 EMS Professionals and is limited, yet it provides insight on thevarious aspects of triage assessment. Regular hands on training is required to improve the knowledge andskill set of the EMS professionals with respect to triage that can be extremely useful in emergency situation.]]>
