The impact of a cadaver-based airway lab on critical care fellows' direct laryngoscopy skills

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 224-229

  Wise, E M ^a   Henao, J P ^b   Gomez, H ^c   Snyder, J ^c   Roolf, P ^c   Orebaugh, S L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway management; Education; Simulation

Indexed keywords

GLUTARALDEHYDE;

ADULT; AIRWAY; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LABORATORY; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; POSTHUMOUS CARE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; VIDEOLARYNGOSCOPE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FOLLOW UP; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; CADAVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRITICAL CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928303995     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: 14480271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1504300213     Document Type: Article

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