Perception of training needs and opportunities in advanced airway skills: A survey of British and Irish trainees

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 498-504

  McNarry, A F ^a,b   Dovell, T ^a   Dancey, F M L ^a   Pead, M E ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education, methods, in service training; Ethics, standards; Intratracheal; Intubation; Operative, tracheotomy; Respiratory insufficiency, airway obstruction; Surgical procedures

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; INTUBATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKILL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TRACHEOTOMY;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FIBER OPTICS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; IRELAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEACHING;

EID: 34249091979     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021506002031     Document Type: Article

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