Telepresent intubation supervision is as effective as in-person supervision of procedurally naive operators

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 170-175

  Prescher, Hannes ^a,b   Grover, Emily ^a   Mosier, Jarrod ^a   Stolz, Uwe ^a   Biffar, David E ^b   Hamilton, Allan J ^a,b   Sakles, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

intubation; telemedicine; telepresence; videolaryngoscopy

Indexed keywords

RESPIRATORY THERAPY; SMARTPHONES; TELEMEDICINE; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS; INTUBATION; MEDICAL SIMULATIONS; OUTCOME MEASURES; TELEPRESENCE; VIDEOLARYNGOSCOPY;

MHEALTH;

ARIZONA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EDUCATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEMETRY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ARIZONA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TELEMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924764259     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2014.0090     Document Type: Article

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