Should there be a change in the teaching of airway management in the medical school curriculum?

Resuscitation

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 87-91

  Tiah, Ling ^a   Wong, Evelyn ^b   Chen, Mei Fong Jaime ^b   Sadarangani, Sapna Pradip ^b  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Airway management; Combitube; Laryngeal Mask Airway; Medical school curriculum; Orotracheal intubation; Students

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEACHING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MANIKINS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESUSCITATION; SINGAPORE;

EID: 11144268990     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2004.07.011     Document Type: Article

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