Investigation of the airway management practice of emergency department ward nurses: a nationwide survey in China.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate the airway management equipment and clinical practice in emergency department wards in China, and to explore the factors that influenced the nurses' airway management practice.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

A nationwide survey covering the seven administrative regions of China (North China, Northeast China, East China, Central China, South China, Southwest China and Northwest China).

Participants

The nurses had to be registered nurses who worked in adult emergency department wards of the selected hospitals.

Measures

An online survey was designed, piloted and distributed to the members of the Emergency Medicine Committee of the Chinese Nursing Association, and the nurses from the members' hospitals were invited to partici

SUBMITTER: Deng J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8689174 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature