Open AccessEvaluation of a sequential structured educational curriculum for emergency medical technicians in airway management
Author(s) -
Satyen Parida,
Sandeep Kumar Mishra,
Ashok Shankar Badhe
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of anaesthesiology-clinical pharmacology/journal of anaesthesiology clinical pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 2231-2730
pISSN - 0970-9185
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9185.142812
Subject(s) - medicine , airway management , curriculum , airway , medical emergency , medical education , anesthesia , pedagogy , psychology
Emergency medical technician (EMT) training programs for certification vary greatly from course to course, but it is necessary that each course at least meets local and national requirements. It is reasonable to expect that EMTs' performance should improve after a structured educational curriculum. We hypothesized that EMTs' performance in airway management would improve after a sequential structured educational curriculum involving airway, followed by cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) modules, beyond what is achieved after only the airway module.