Can learning to sustain life be BASIC? Teaching for the initial management of the critically ill in Australia and New Zealand

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1043-1051

  Douglas, A E ^a,b   Holley, A ^a,b   Udy, A ^a,b   Lipman, J ^a,b   Gomersall, C D ^c   Joynt, G M ^c   Freebairn, R C ^d   Boots, R J ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d HAWKE S BAY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

BASIC; Life support training

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUSTRALIA; BASIC ASSESSMENT AND SUPPORT IN INTENSIVE CARE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLOSED BOOK EXAMINATION; CONSULTATION; COURSE CONTENT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JUNIOR MEDICAL STAFF; LEARNING; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICAL STUDENT; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; NEW ZEALAND; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE TRAINING; NURSING STAFF; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RESUSCITATION; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 78650468301     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: 14480271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1003800614     Document Type: Article

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