Does an advanced life support course give non-anaesthetists adequate skills to manage an airway?

Resuscitation

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 539-543

  Deakin, Charles D ^a   Murphy, David ^a   Couzins, Michael ^a   Mason, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advanced life support (ALS); Airway management; Bag valve mask; Laryngeal mask airway; Training

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES EDUCATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; LARYNX SPASM; MANUAL VENTILATION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MASKS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SPECIALIZATION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951652295     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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