Simulation and airway-management training

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 511-512

  Nargozian, Charles D ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway management; Efficacy; Simulators; Training

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; BRONCHOSCOPY; COGNITION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; SIMULATION; TRAINING;

EID: 10344234267     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001503-200412000-00011     Document Type: Review

References (8)

1. Caplan RBJ, Berry F. Practice guidelines for management of the difficult airway. An updated report. Anesthesiology 2003; 95:1269-1277.
2. Schaefer JJI. Simulators and difficult airway management skills. Pediatr Anesth 2004; 14:28-37. An excellent overview of simulators and their capabilities. There is a discussion of the various simulators now on the market.
3. Weller JM. Simulation in undergraduate medical education: bridging the gap between theory and practice. Med Edu 2004; 38:32-38. Interesting study involving medical students describing their view of the benefits of simulation.
4. Owen HPJL. Improving learning of a clinical skill: the first year's experience of teaching endotracheal intubations in a clinical simulation facility. Med Edu 2002; 36:635-642.
5. Rosenthal E, Owen H. An assessment of small simulators used to teach basic airway management. Anaesth Intensive Care 2004; 32:87-92. This article states the obvious, that the more real simulators there are, the better the teaching effectiveness.
6. Parry K, Owen H. Small simulators for teaching procedural skill in a difficult airway algorithm. Anaesth Intensive Care 2004; 32:401-409. Some 16 different simulators were tested in this study on different criteria. No one simulator was complete in all aspects and it would take at least two of them to cover all training needs.
7. Blum Matthew G, Powers TW, Sundaresan S. Bronchoscopy simulator effectively prepares junior residents to completely perform basic clinical bronchoscopy. Soc Thoracic Surg 2004; 78:287-291. This article describes a safe, cost-effective way to train residents in bronchoscopy skills. I: could be part of an airway-management course.
8. Rosenstock C, Ostergaard D, Kristensen MS, et al. Residents lack knowledge and practical skills in handling the difficult airway. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2004; 48:1014-1018. A very interesting article where residents had to go through a mandatory 3-day workshop on airway management, with sobering results. It was obvious that simulation is not a magic bullet and only part of the learning process.