A training program for novice paramedics provides initial laryngeal mask airway insertion skill and improves skill retention at 6 months

Simulation in Healthcare

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-39

  Hein, Cindy ^a   Owen, Harry ^a   Plummer, John ^a,b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airway management; Laryngeal mask airway; Paramedics; Resuscitation; Simulators; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; LONG TERM MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; TIME;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MANIKINS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77249119320     PISSN: 15592332     EISSN: 1559713X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SIH.0b013e3181b5c3fb     Document Type: Article

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