Developing a training program for peripheral nerve blockade: The "nuts and bolts"

International Anesthesiology Clinics

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Tan, Jyh Shen ^a   Chin, Ki Jinn ^a   Chan, Vincent W S ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND;

ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; PERIPHERAL NERVES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 77957986233     PISSN: 00205907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AIA.0b013e3181f17a18     Document Type: Review

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