A5067652437- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Language Development and Disorders
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Phonetics and Phonology Research
- Multilingual Education and Policy
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Technology Use by Older Adults
Massachusetts General Hospital
2024
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
2010-2019
We investigated how older Hong Kong people perceive the application of telecommunication technologies in products that could enhance their safety at home. The telecare devices present study were: (1) Personal Emergency Link Service (PELS), a 24-hour personal emergency link service; (2) home-based non-intrusive motion monitoring system; and (3) wearable vital signs system. Data were collected from convenience sample 368 elderly persons aged 65 years or above 15 District Elderly Community...
Aim: In this study, we examine the production of Cantonese tones by preschool Urdu–Cantonese children living in Hong Kong. Methodology: 21 first language Urdu second (ages 4–6) and 20 age-matched participated a picture-naming experiment with 86 words (109 syllables total). Data Analysis: Acoustic analysis was carried out for perceptually correct incorrect tone productions each tone. Comparisons were also made across speaker groups regarding accuracy rates error patterns. Findings: Overall,...
: Emergency response teams are designed to promptly deliver care hospitalized patients experiencing acute decompensation events. Pharmacists an integrated part of emergency and their presence at events has been shown improve adherence institutional advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) guidelines. This study assesses the impact pharmacist involvement responses time clinical pharmacists dedicate response.