A national survey of the impact of NAP4 on airway management practice in United Kingdom hospitals: Closing the safety gap in anaesthesia, intensive care and the emergency department

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 182-190

  Cook, T M ^a   Woodall, N ^b   Frerk, C ^c  

^a ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

airway; anaesthesia; education; emergency department; intensive care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPNOMETRY; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEVICES; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EXTUBATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATORY THERAPEUTIC DEVICE; SAFETY GAP; SURGICAL AIRWAY TRAINING; SURGICAL TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL AUDIT; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CRITICAL CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84992316580     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aew177     Document Type: Article

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