{"title":"Theatre-based hospital placements for firefighters.","authors":"Emma Durmaz","doi":"10.1177/175045890501500905","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Airway obstruction is the most common cause of death in the prehospital environment. It is estimated that 85% of these patients had otherwise survivable injuries. The aim of the project was to increase firefighters' skills in airway management techniques, to include the laryngeal mask airway (LMA), by providing theatre-based hospital placements under the supervision of a consultant anaesthetist. The training in the use of the LMA by firefighters is currently a pilot project to assess the potential for its use operationally, based on ease of training to a competent level and retention of skills after one year.</p>","PeriodicalId":72468,"journal":{"name":"British journal of perioperative nursing : the journal of the National Association of Theatre Nurses","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2005-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/175045890501500905","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"British journal of perioperative nursing : the journal of the National Association of Theatre Nurses","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/175045890501500905","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Airway obstruction is the most common cause of death in the prehospital environment. It is estimated that 85% of these patients had otherwise survivable injuries. The aim of the project was to increase firefighters' skills in airway management techniques, to include the laryngeal mask airway (LMA), by providing theatre-based hospital placements under the supervision of a consultant anaesthetist. The training in the use of the LMA by firefighters is currently a pilot project to assess the potential for its use operationally, based on ease of training to a competent level and retention of skills after one year.