Testing airway management skills: interactive video courseware vs ACLS instructor.

Background: Lectures and demonstrations have been the teaching and testing strategies most often employed by the American Heart Association in Advance Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) training. I compared the abilities of interactive videodisc (IVD) courseware and ACLS instructors to evaluate airway mana...

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Publicado en:Respiratory Care Vol. 36; no. 8; pp. 849 - 857
Autor principal: Rubens AJ
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 1991 Aug
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          Airway Management Education
          Videodiscs Evaluation
          Teachers Evaluation
          Resuscitation, Cardiopulmonary Education
          Computer-Assisted Instruction Evaluation
          Educational Measurement
          Intubation, Intratracheal Evaluation
          Pilot Studies
          Quasi-Experimental Studies
          Models, Anatomic Evaluation
          Teaching Methods Evaluation
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      ab: Background: Lectures and demonstrations have been the teaching and testing strategies most often employed by the American Heart Association in Advance Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) training. I compared the abilities of interactive videodisc (IVD) courseware and ACLS instructors to evaluate airway management skills. Methods & materials: Twenty-two subjects were simultaneously tested during 30 attempts at endotracheal (ET) intubation and 34 attempts at esophageal obturator airway or esophageal gastric tube airway (EOA/EGTA) insertion. The instructors were blind to the visual and auditory messages produced. Results: The IVD program and the ACLS instructors showed high agreement in their evaluation of student performance for time of intubation (95.5% ET; 100% EOA/EGTA), proper tube placement (91% ET; 93% EOA/EGTA), appropriate tube assessment (95.5% ET; 100% EOA/EGTA), and correct EOA/EGTA cuff inflation (100%). Lower levels of agreement were noted with ET and EOA/EGTA appropriate head positioning, and the evaluation of tooth pressure with ET intubation (60.5%, 76.5%, and 66.0%, respectively). The IVD system was unable to detect certain procedural errors associated with appropriate intubation procedure -- syringe attachment, syringe removal after cuff inflation, and control of tube after intubation. The low agreement for tooth pressure suggests that the sensor-equipped manikin may better evaluate tooth pressure than does the observer. Conclusion: Although the IVD system shows promise as an adjunct method for instruction and testing, it cannot be considered suitable for 'stand-alone' instruction. Further research is needed to explore costs, skills retention, and possible impact of the medium for training hospital and prehospital-care personnel.
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