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How do paramedics learn and maintain the skill of tracheal intubation? A rapid evidence review

Author(s) -

Richard Pilbery

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

british paramedic journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1478-4726

DOI - 10.29045/14784726.2018.09.3.2.7

Subject(s) - intubation , medicine , laryngoscopy , cinahl , competence (human resources) , medline , inclusion (mineral) , airway management , modalities , airway , medical emergency , nursing , psychology , psychological intervention , anesthesia , social psychology , social science , sociology , political science , law

Endotracheal intubation has been considered a core skill for all paramedics since the inception of the profession in the 1970s, and continues to be taught within the majority of pre-registration paramedic training programmes. However, the standards of both training and assessment of competence in intubation vary considerably between institutions; this has been compounded by reduced opportunities for supervised clinical practice within the operating theatre environment.The College of Paramedics' Airway Working Group commissioned a rapid evidence review, to inform a consensus statement on paramedic intubation, with the research question: How do paramedics learn and maintain the skill of tracheal intubation?

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