Simulator training improves fiber-optic intubation proficiency among emergency medicine residents

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1211-1214

  Binstadt, Emily ^a   Donner, Scott ^d   Nelson, Jessie ^a,c   Flottemesch, Thomas ^a,b   Hegarty, Cullen ^a  

^a REGIONS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HEALTHPARTNERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Difficult airway; Education; Fiber optic intubation; Laryngoscopy; Simulation; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

BRONCHOSCOPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SIMULATOR; SKILL; TRAINING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; TEACHING; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 56849128118     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2008.00199.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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