Minimal Training Saves Lives With Airway Mask, Study Finds

Monday, September 21, 2009 - 22:21 in Health & Medicine

Virtually anyone has the skills to safely insert a laryngeal mask airway to keep a patient's airway open during resuscitation, and medical expertise isn't required -- perhaps just a familiarity with ER, House or Grey's Anatomy. A new study also found that just two hours of training was enough to make first-responders faster and more efficient during these highly critical situations.

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