Retention of tracheal intubation skills by novice personnel: A comparison of the Airtraq® and Macintosh laryngoscopes

Anaesthesia

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 272-278

  Maharaj, C H ^a,b   Costello, J ^a,b   Higgins, B D ^b   Harte, B H ^a   Laffey, John G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHARYNX DISEASE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REINFORCEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SIMULATION; SKILL RETENTION; TOOTH INJURY; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; NECK; STANDARD;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; NECK; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 34047101309     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.04938.x     Document Type: Article

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