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.