The acquisition of airway skills by new trainee anaesthetists

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 487-488

  Weller, J ^a,b,c   Segal, R ^a,d  

^a ANZCA ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ANESTHESIST; EDITORIAL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; SKILL; TRAINING;

EID: 47749150685     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0803600402     Document Type: Editorial

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