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A Scottish National Prospective Study of airway management skills in new-start SHOs
C Whymark1, A Moores, A D MacLeod
1Western Infirmary, Glasgow, UK. cwhymark@doctors.org.uk
Background:
There is increasing concern about the ability of junior anaesthetists to manage the airway correctly and alarm that this may lead to adverse events.
Methods:
We monitored the airway management skills of new-start anaesthetists in Scotland for 3 months.
Results:
Experience with the laryngeal mask airway was satisfactory but there was wide variation in numbers of facemask and tracheal intubation cases.
Conclusions:
We recommend that facemask anaesthesia is given a high priority in the formative months and that a target number of intubations should be carried out before providing anaesthesia without direct supervision.
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