Time for a breath of fresh air: Rethinking training in airway management

Anaesthesia

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1259-1264

  Marshall, S D ^a,b,c   Chrimes, N ^d  

^a PENINSULA HEALTH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

airway management; education; simulation; training

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY CREATION DEVICE; ANESTHESIST; CADAVER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DOUBLE LUMEN TUBE; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EXTUBATION; FACE MASK; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HIGH FREQUENCY JET VENTILATION; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LEARNING; MANIKIN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NASOPHARYNX AIRWAY; OPERATING ROOM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SIMULATION TRAINING; SKILL; STAFF TRAINING; SUPRAGLOTTIC AIRWAY DEVICE; TRACHEOSTOMY; VIDEOLARYNGOSCOPE; WORKSHOP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

EID: 84994840960     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.13665     Document Type: Editorial

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