Includes bibliographical references / Anecdotally incidents of inappropriate refusal of treatment or transportation by patients referred to hospital under the Mental Healthcare Act of 2002 have been noted. There is little documented about the knowledge and understanding of prehospital providers of the mental healthcare act, their responsibilities and the issues around patient competence and refusal of care. The transportation of patients presenting with a suicide attempt who have not yet been formally assessed for involuntary admission poses a particular problem. Aim: To determine the knowledge of prehospital providers with respect to the transport of patients presenting with suicide attempts and the mental health act and to describe their management of cases where these patients may refuse treatment. Methods: A cross-sectional survey and including open ended questions of 100 prehospital providers in the Western Cape both public and private. The questionnaire will include knowledge testing, vignettes describing patient management and open-ended questions regarding their opinions on suicidal patients. Simple descriptive statistics will be used for the knowledge test. Qualitative data will be coded using a grounded theory approach. Discussion: The findings of the study will be used to determine provider knowledge and attitudes regarding the prehospital management of patients presenting with suicide attempts. Recommendations will be made for provincial EMS guidelines and the results will be disseminated in an article for publication.

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M.Comm. / The South African Transport Services is one of the largest undertakings in the Republic of South Africa. It is a multi-modal undertaking employing approximately 212 000 people and has a turnover in excess of R8 000 million per annum. During a strategic planning excercise the top management of the South African Transport Services identified an effective management information system as a critical success factor to the well being of the undertaking on the premise that information forms the basis for sound management decision-making. The need for relevant information for decision-making has never been more real than at present. The South African Transport Services is facing a market situation of ever-increasing competition. As the move towards deregulation in the RSA gathers momentum, the competition will become even greater. The information resource will have to respond to the challenge and provide management with timely, relevant information to make sound decisions. This study has as its goal the setting of a number of guidelines which will enable the management of the South African Transport Services to prepare a strategic information plan for the undertaking. As a result of the conclusions drawn from the literature study an investigation was conducted into the characteristics of the South African Transport Services with the accent on the present availability, distribution and use of information. This study was undertaken at three levels. At the first level stock was taken of the formal information which is at present supplied to top management. A number of conclusions were drawn as to the application, volume, relevance, accuracy and timeliness of the information. At the same time the views of top management were obtained on their perception of the most important information problems in the South African Transport Services.

This thesis focuses on transportation in the region of Třebíč. The theoretical part is concerned in types of transportation and the resources of transport services. The second part analyses types of transportation in this region from the perspective of public transport. The last part uses analysis to describe the level of transport services in the region and also provides the reader with suggestion concerning improvement of transport services of a small village.

The aim of the theses was to determine through the analysis the current state of transport services for tourism in the Region of Strakonice, including its assessment, propose measures to improve the current situation and create a project including the draft budget. The result is a proposal of a new tourist circuit called The Cycle Circuit along the most visited attractions of the Strakonicko region. The project and its costs have been designed and calculated due to the results of the field survey among visitors and information from the staff of The Department of Tourism and The Development Department in Strakonice.

The adequacy of existing transport infrastructure to four distinct clusters in Austria's key regions is tested by examining the willingness of logistics managers to pay for additional service improvements. Findings show an overall willingness to pay for multiple service improvements; this reveals a general dissatisfaction with current shipping options, regardless of transport mode, where rail mode services ("Bahn") provoke the greatest dissatisfaction. Willingness to pay for improvements generally increases by degrees of regional EU remoteness and relative youth of cluster industries, as hypothesized from Schumpterian assumptions concerning infrastructure innovation. / Series: SRE - Discussion Papers

The choice of means of transport at regular commuting is an issue that affect wide range of working population in Zruč nad Sázavou as well as students. The thesis explains on a representative sample of the population preference and choice of different means of transport at regular commuting to work and school from a small town Zruč nad Sázavou which is located in a relatively peripheral area. First, using statistical methods, socio-demographic, spatial and infrastructural aspects affecting the choice of means of transport are analysed. The second part of the research assesses the socio-psychological aspects of the choice of means of transport using controlled interview. Both surveys were conducted on the four main directions of commuting from Zruč nad Sázavou. Due to the peripheral location of the town and the lower extent of public transport car traffic in the form of individual trips or carpooling is more preferred for regular commuting For certain groups of people public transport still fulfills its function in providing transport services.

The choice of means of transport for regular commuting is an issue which concerns a wide range of working and student population. The aim of the thesis is to explain on a representative sample of the population this choice of different means of transport for regular commuting to work and school from a small town in a relatively peripheral position. This thesis deals with some aspects that influence the choice of means of transport in Zruc nad Sazavou for regular commuting. The results are also supported by a questionnaire survey. Analyses are conducted on the basis of quasi-experimental approach assessment of individual indicators. The next part of the thesis deals with the specifics of the choice of means of transport on the selected routes from Zruc nad Sazavou. The research has demonstrated the validity of the hypotheses. The most common means of transport used for commuting to selected towns is a car for its flexibility and speed of transport. For certain groups of people public transport is still playing its role in providing transport services.

This thesis deals with public passenger transport in the Šumava and the Bavarian border. The theoretical part is devoted to analysis of regulation of public transport and public services, and issues related to transport infrastructure. The main aim of the study is to analyze the current state of public transport in the Šumava border and within the selected Micro Šumava -- West analysis to compare the results with the minimum standard of transport services in the Czech republic. Due to the frontier nature of the Bohemian Forest is part of the work devoted to the description of public transportation in neighboring Lower Bavaria. SWOT analysis is followed by member municipalities of Micro Šumava -- West, which represents the basis for assessing the importance of developing transport services in rural areas.