Is it time for airway management education to be mandatory?

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 117, Issue , 2016, Pages i13-i16

  Baker, P A ^a,b   Feinleib, J ^c,d   O'Sullivan, E P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; EMERGENCY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RESPIRATION CONTROL; REVIEW; SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING; SOCIAL LEARNING; TRACHEOTOMY; AUSTRALIA; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; MANDATORY PROGRAM; NEW ZEALAND; PROGRAM COST EFFECTIVENESS; TEACHING; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 85010282716     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aew129     Document Type: Editorial

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