Human cadavers preserved using Thiel's method for the teaching of fibreoptically-guided intubation of the trachea: a laboratory investigation

Anaesthesia

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 65-70

  Laszlo C J ^a   Szucs Z ^b   Nemeskeri A ^c   Baksa, G ^c   Szuak A ^c   Varga, M ^c   Tassonyi, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b Péterfy Street Hospital and Trauma Centre ^*  (Hungary)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

cadaver model: Thiel's method; intubation technique: fibreoptic intubation; medical education: simulation training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CADAVER; EMBALMING; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; SATISFACTION; THIEL METHOD; VERY ELDERLY; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FIBER OPTICS; LARYNGEAL MASK; MANIKIN; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRACHEA;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; CADAVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MANIKINS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRACHEA;

EID: 85032836897     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.14104     Document Type: Article

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