Recertification of respiratory therapists' intubation skills one year after initial training: An analysis of skill retention and retraining

Respiratory Care

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 234-237

  Bishop, Michael J ^a,b   Michalowski, Piotr ^c   Hussey, John D ^a   Massey, Lewis ^a   Lakshminarayan, S ^c  

^a Veterans Puget Sound Health Care System   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Respiratory therapist; Retraining; Skills retention; Tracheal intubation; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MANPOWER; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; RESPIRATORY THERAPY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0035286738     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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