A national survey of practical airway training in UK anaesthetic departments. Time for a national policy?

Anaesthesia

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1273-1279

  Lindkaer Jensen N H ^a   Cook, T M ^a   Kelly, F E ^a  

^a ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

airway; anaesthesia; education; training

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SKILL; STUDENT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATION CONTROL; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; POLICY; STATE MEDICINE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84994807279     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.13567     Document Type: Article

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