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A Moores

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PubMed2006

A Scottish National Prospective Study of airway management skills in new-start SHOs.

BACKGROUND: There is increasing concern about the ability of junior anaesthetists to manage the airway correctly and alarm that this may lead to adverse events. METHODS: We monitored the airway management skills of new-start anaesthetists in Scotland for 3 months. RESULTS: Experience with the laryngeal mask airway was satisfactory but there was wide variation in numbers of facemask and tracheal intubation cases. CONCLUSIONS: We recommend that facemask anaesthesia is given a high priority in the formative months and that a target number of intubations should be carried out before providing anaesthesia without direct supervision.

Anesthesiology↗
PubMed2003

The information requested by patients prior to giving consent to anaesthesia.

Patients in a teaching hospital in Scotland were given the opportunity to ask for further information relating to their peri-operative anaesthetic management. One investigator visited all of the patients pre-operatively and asked a standard list of anaesthetic-related questions. Our objectives were to determine what additional information patients would request before giving their consent to anaesthesia. The majority of patients (n=469, 67%) had no further questions at a point when so-called consent could have been obtained. Of the questions asked, 209 (66%) were related to anaesthesia and 93 (30%) to the proposed surgery. Only two patients in the group studied requested a full explanation of their peri-operative anaesthetic management. The question most commonly asked related to the duration of surgery, with less priority being given to questions relating to complications of anaesthesia.

Anesthesia↗
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Frightened of fear.

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Behavior Therapy↗
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Facing the fear.

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Anxiety↗