Assessing anesthesiology residents' out-of-the-operating-room (OOOR) emergent airway management.

ABSTRACT:

Background

At many academic institutions, anesthesiology residents are responsible for managing emergent intubations outside of the operating room (OOOR), with complications estimated to be as high as 39%. In order to create an OOOR training curriculum, we evaluated residents' familiarity with the content and correct adherence to the American Society of Anesthesiologists' Difficult Airway Algorithm (ASA DAA).

Methods

Residents completed a pre-simulation multiple-choice survey measuring their understanding and use of the DAA. Residents then managed an emergent, difficult OOOR intubation in the simulation center, where two trained reviewers assessed performance using checklists. Post-simulation, the residents completed a survey rating their behaviors during the simulation. The

SUBMITTER: Rochlen LR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5512836 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature