HM Prasanna Herath
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Address: No: 10/7, Awarihena Road, Colombo 05.
Phone No: +94 777 44 75 90 / +94 711 44 89 20
E-mail: prasannah@kdu.ac.lk / prasannaherath85@gmail.com
Qualifications
Academic Qualifications
- BSc (Nursing) Hons, University of Peradeniya
Professional Qualification
- Holding certificate of registration as a Nursing officer at Sri Lanka Nursing Council (Reg.No: 7936)
- Working experience as a Nursing Officer (Surgical/PACU) at Lanka Hospitals Neurosurgical and General Operation Theatre (June 2011-October 2013)
- Visiting Nursing Officer (Locum) at Medical & surgical Intensive Care Units, Lanka Hospitals
Teaching areas
- Adult nursing I-IV (Surgical Nursing)
- Operation Theatre Nursing
- Nursing Skills Practice I – VI
- Emergency & Trauma Management
Research & Publication
Referred journal publication
- Parental awareness of risk factors, recognition and first aid management of accidental foreign body aspiration in children aged 1-5 years in Dehiwala-Ratmalana area, Colombo, Sri Lanka
S M D R Samarakoon, P A M T Polpitiya, S P P I M N D Paramanayaka, T H K P Apasara, , G Jayatilaka, H M P Herath
Journal of Primary Health care: Open Access DOI: 10.4172/2167-1079-C1-011
Conference Proceedings
- H. M. P. Herath1*, B. M. H. S. K. Banneheka2, A. M. M. C Amarakoon3, A. D. P Perera4 “Awareness of First Aid in Snake Bites among Villagers in a Rural Area” Proceedings of the Peradeniya University International Research Sessions, Sri Lanka, Vol. 18, 4th & 5th July 2014, 2014 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280610547_The_most_common_offending_type_of_snake_and_common_biting_place_of_snake_bites_in_selected_rural_area_Sri_Lanka
- H. M. P. Herath1*, B. M. H. S. K. Banneheka2, A. M. M. C Amarakoon3, RMAS BAndara4 “The most common offending type of snake and common biting place of snake bites in selected rural area, Sri Lanka”. Proceedings of the International Public Health Research Conference Bangkok, Thailand. Vol. 02, 11-13 July 2015. The ISBN number of the proceedings is: ISBN 978-86-87043-31
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280610547_The_most_common_offending_type_of_snake_and_common_biting_place_of_snake_bites_in_selected_rural_area_Sri_Lanka - HMP Herath, SW Wimalasekera, AATD Amarasekara “Exhaled Carbon Monoxide and Carboxyhemoglobin levels of Adult Male Tobacco smokers in Sri Lanka: A preliminary results”1st IPCRG South Asian Scientific Conference, Colombo, Sri Lanka 3rd-5th August 2017.
- HMP Herath, SW Wimalasekera, AATD Amarasekara “Types and frequency of Tobacco smoking amongst Adult Male Tobacco Smokers in Sri Lanka, Preliminary results”1st IPCRG South Asian Scientific Conference, Colombo, Sri Lanka3rd-5th August 2017
- Rathnayaka RMHM, Lakmal KGC, Waduge KWKM, Samaraweera AN, Herath HMP and Fernando HHLK “Assessment Of Awareness Of Three Wheeler Drivers On First Aid When Handling And Transporting Traumatic Victims Following Road Traffic Accidents In The Colombo District, Sri Lanka” International Research Conference, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Ratmalana, Sri Lanka 2017
Working Experience
- Lecturer in Nursing (09.05.2014- Present)
- Clinical Coordinator (22.06.2015 – Present)
- Temporary Demonstrator, Department of Nursing and Midwifery, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (August 2013-April 2014)