Simulation training for advanced airway management for anesthesia and other healthcare providers: A systematic review

AANA Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-31

  Lucisano, Karen E ^a   Talbot, Laura A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Difficult airway management; General anesthesia; Patient safety; Simulation training

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PSYCINFO; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RESPIRATION CONTROL; REVIEW; SIMULATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEACHING; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ANESTHETIST; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ANESTHESIA; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; NURSE ANESTHETISTS;

EID: 84860257872     PISSN: 00946354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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