Randomized objective comparison of live tissue training versus simulators for emergency procedures

American Surgeon

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 561-565

  Hall, Andrew B ^a  

^a USAF Medical Center Keesler   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR FORCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVE TISSUE TRAINING; NONHUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME OF EDUCATION; RANDOMIZATION; SIMULATOR; SIMULATOR TRAINING; STUDENT ATTITUDE; SURGICAL TRAINING; SWINE; THORAX DRAINAGE; TRACHEOTOMY; VOLUNTEER;

ANIMALS; CADAVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRICOID CARTILAGE; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; SWINE; THORACOSTOMY; THYROID CARTILAGE; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 79958144425     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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