Anaesthesia trainees' exposure to airway management in an Australian tertiary adult teaching hospital

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 513-515

  Clarke, R C ^a   Gardner, A I ^a  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airway skills; Intubation; Maintenance; Training

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EXPERIENCE; LARYNGOSCOPY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; SIMULATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TRAINING;

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAFF DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 47749143651     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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