Assessment of healthcare professionals' knowledge of managing emergency complications in patients with a tracheostomy

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 380-383

  Casserly, Paul ^a,c   Lang, E ^b   Fenton, J E ^a   Walsh, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c NONE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Airway, complications; Complications, airway obstruction; Education, junior staff; Equipment, tubes tracheostomy; Surgery, tracheotomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY CARE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 34548244932     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aem167     Document Type: Article

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