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Achieving Housestaff Competence in Emergency Airway Management Using Scenario Based Simulation Training

CHEST JournalPublished 1 June 2006
Marnie Rosenthal, Mari Adachi, Vanessa Ribaudo, J. Tristan Mueck, Roslyn F. Schneider, Paul H. Mayo
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TL;DR

SST was effective in improving initial airway management skills, both on retesting with the patient simulator and in actual patient situations, and the results are equivalent whether the training is provided by an experienced teaching attending or by a housestaff training team.

Abstract

SST is effective in training medical interns, and the results are equivalent whether the training is provided by an experienced teaching attending or by a housestaff training team.

Keywords

Medicine