Do Anesthesia Residents perceive a Benefit from participating in Bedside Tracheostomies?

摘要

BackgroundAirway management is a core competency in anesthesiology training and practice. Residents are taught how to evaluate patients and identify those who may difficulty in securing their airway. The ASA has devised an algorithm on management of those difficult airways. The conservative methods are taught and practiced throughout training. However, the default last resort is obtaining an invasive airway. It is this potentially life-saving, procedure that residents may graduate and have never performed clinically.In our institution, the Anesthesiology Critical Care Division routinely performs percutaneous tracheostomies throughout the hospital. As residents began to inquire, they too were folded into this service to provide real hands on experience.After 3 years we sought to determine if residents perceived this hands-on training to be a benefit.