Teaching and Training of Residents in Airway Management at Anesthesia Departments in Austria

 

 

Klaus Krasser, MD,¹ Wolfgang Puchner, MD,² Friedrich Marian, MD,³ and Ernst Zadrobilek, MD⁴ 

 

¹Staff Anesthetist and Intensive Care Physician, Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Empress Elisabeth Hospital of the City of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

²Staff Anesthetist and Intensive Care Physician, Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Hospital of the City of Linz, Linz, Austria.

³Anesthetist and Intensive Care Physician, Director of the Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Weinviertel Clinic Mistelbach, Mistelbach, Austria. 

⁴Associate Professor of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Chairman of the Austrian Working Group for Airway Management and Director of the Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Empress Elisabeth Hospital of the City of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

  

Address correspondence and comments to Ernst Zadrobilek.

 

Received from the Austrian Working Group for Airway Management, Vienna, Austria.

   

Statements

Supported solely by the Austrian Working Group for Airway Management.

 

Acknowledgements

The authors of this study thank all clinical directors of the Austrian anesthesia departments who gave their time and energy to complete the questionnaires.

 

Key Words

Airway management: survey questionnaire.

Teaching and training anesthesia residents: airway management techniques.

 

Published: August 30, 2007.

 

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The correct citation of this survey questionnaire for reference is:

Krasser K, Puchner W, Marian F, Zadrobilek E. Teaching and training of residents in airway management at anesthesia departments in Austria. Internet Journal of Airway Management 4, 2006-2007.
Available from URL: http://www.adair.at/ijam/volume04/surveyquestionnaire04/default.htm
Date accessed: month day, year.

 

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Last updated: September 2, 2007.

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Abstract

Introduction

Materials and Methods

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