Human factors enablers and barriers for successful airway management – an in-depth interview study

Anaesthesia

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 980-989

  Schnittker, R ^a   Marshall, S ^a   Horberry, T ^a   Young, K L ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

airway management; decision making; human factors

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; NURSE ANESTHETIST; RESPIRATION CONTROL; STORAGE; TEAMWORK; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; ANESTHESIOLOGIST; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NURSE; OPERATING ROOM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGY;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ANESTHESIOLOGISTS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; COMMUNICATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; NURSES; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM;

EID: 85045840342     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.14302     Document Type: Article

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