Tracheotomy - Education
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Present-day prehospital airway management in the former Eastern German state of Thuringia: equipment and education of emergency physicians.

30 Mar 2009 We describe the condition of education and equipment regarding prehospital airway management in the German federal state of Thuringia, representing a part of former Eastern Germany. In 2006 a postal survey of the 39 emergency medical stations (EMS) ... Read more...

Percutaneous tracheotomy in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery residency training programs.

30 Jan 2009 OBJECTIVES: Percutaneous tracheotomy (PT) has been garnering attention in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery (OTO-HNS) community for many years. This procedure is used routinely by a variety of surgical disciplines; yet its use remains ... Read more...

Examination stress leads to improvements on fundamental technical skills for surgery.

29 Jun 2008 BACKGROUND: This study was conducted to assess the effects of examination-induced stress on the technical performance of junior surgery residents. METHODS: Twelve first-year surgery residents completed 2 surgical tasks (skin excision, tracheotomy) ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Tracheotomy - Education'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Cardiff model for training in cricothyrotomy. 30 May 2009
• Present-day prehospital airway management in the former Eastern German state of Thuringia: equipment and education of emergency physicians. 30 Mar 2009
• Emergency cricothyroidotomy: training is paramount and oxygenation is the aim. 30 Mar 2009
• Percutaneous tracheotomy in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery residency training programs. 30 Jan 2009
• Examination stress leads to improvements on fundamental technical skills for surgery. 29 Jun 2008
• Far forward feasibility: testing a cricothyroidotmy simulator in Iraq. 30 Dec 2007
• [Prehospital cricothyrotomy: a case report] 12 Dec 2006
• Emergency airway equipment and training. 27 Feb 2005
• A homemade model for training in cricothyrotomy. 29 Sep 2004
• Overcoming the top 10 tracheotomy self-care learning barriers. 30 Dec 2000
• Cricothyroctomy: practice makes perfect. 29 Apr 1982
• Survey of continuing education needs for nonemergency physicians in emergency medicine. 30 Dec 1977

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Technical information about 'Tracheotomy'

Definition: Surgical incision of the trachea.

Descriptor UI: D014140

Alternative terms: Tracheotomy; Tracheotomies;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; rehabilitation; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics;

Tree Number: E04.580.907; E04.928.790;

Online Note: use TRACHEOTOMY to search TRACHEOSTOMY 1966

History Note: TRACHEOSTOMY was heading 1963-66

Technical Notes: do not use /util except by MeSH definition; do not confuse with TRACHEOSTOMY