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dc.contributor.authorWalsh, K
dc.contributor.authorCummins, F
dc.contributor.authorKeogh, J
dc.contributor.authorShorten, G
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-03T15:12:23Z
dc.date.available2012-02-03T15:12:23Z
dc.date.issued2012-02-03T15:12:23Z
dc.identifier.citationIr Med J. 2000 Mar-Apr;93(2):55-7.en_GB
dc.identifier.issn0332-3102 (Print)en_GB
dc.identifier.issn0332-3102 (Linking)en_GB
dc.identifier.pmid11037253en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10147/209104
dc.description.abstractThe objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of mask ventilation performed by 112 doctors with clinical responsibilities at a tertiary referral teaching hospital. Participant doctors were asked to perform mask ventilation for three minutes on a Resusci Anne mannequin using a facemask and a two litre self inflating bag. The tidal volumes generated were quantified using a Laerdal skillmeter computer as grades 0-5, corresponding to 0, 334, 434, 561, 673 and > 800 ml respectively. The effectiveness of mask ventilation (i.e. the proportion of ventilation attempts which achieved a volume delivery of > 434 mls) was greater for anaesthetists [78.0 (29.5)%] than for non anaesthetists [54.6 (40.0)%] (P = 0.012). Doctors who had attended one or more resuscitation courses where no more effective at mask ventilation than their colleagues who had not undertaken such courses. It is likely that first responders to in-hospital cardiac arrests are commonly unable to perform adequate mask ventilation.
dc.language.isoengen_GB
dc.subject.mesh*Clinical Competenceen_GB
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_GB
dc.subject.meshHospitals, Teachingen_GB
dc.subject.meshHumansen_GB
dc.subject.meshIrelanden_GB
dc.subject.meshMaleen_GB
dc.subject.mesh*Medical Staff, Hospitalen_GB
dc.subject.meshRespirationen_GB
dc.subject.mesh*Respiration, Artificialen_GB
dc.titleEffectiveness of mask ventilation performed by hospital doctors in an Irish tertiary referral teaching hospital.en_GB
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Cork University Hospital, and University College Cork, Ireland.en_GB
dc.identifier.journalIrish medical journalen_GB
dc.description.provinceMunster
html.description.abstractThe objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of mask ventilation performed by 112 doctors with clinical responsibilities at a tertiary referral teaching hospital. Participant doctors were asked to perform mask ventilation for three minutes on a Resusci Anne mannequin using a facemask and a two litre self inflating bag. The tidal volumes generated were quantified using a Laerdal skillmeter computer as grades 0-5, corresponding to 0, 334, 434, 561, 673 and > 800 ml respectively. The effectiveness of mask ventilation (i.e. the proportion of ventilation attempts which achieved a volume delivery of > 434 mls) was greater for anaesthetists [78.0 (29.5)%] than for non anaesthetists [54.6 (40.0)%] (P = 0.012). Doctors who had attended one or more resuscitation courses where no more effective at mask ventilation than their colleagues who had not undertaken such courses. It is likely that first responders to in-hospital cardiac arrests are commonly unable to perform adequate mask ventilation.


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