Emergency and critical care pediatrics: Use of medical simulation for training in acute pediatric emergencies

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 266-271

  Eppich, Walter J ^a   Adler, Mark D ^a   McGaghie, William C ^b  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway management; Pediatric education; Resuscitation; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CHILD; COGNITION; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SKILL; TRAINING;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; CRITICAL CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; PATIENT SIMULATION; PEDIATRICS; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 33744814946     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mop.0000193309.22462.c9     Document Type: Review

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