A novel vibrotactile display to improve the performance of anesthesiologists in a simulated critical incident

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1182-1188

  Ford, Simon ^a,c   Daniels, Jeremy ^a   Lim, Joanne ^a   Koval, Valentyna ^a   Dumont, Guy ^b   Schwarz, Stephan K W ^a   Ansermino, J Mark ^a  

^a VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; VIBRATION SENSE;

EID: 41349115360     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e318163f7c2     Document Type: Article

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