| Technical skills learning objectives |
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•To use a mental model to help plan airway management. |
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•List the key causes of serious airway morbidity.
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•To practice using the following airway skills on manikins/airway bench models within the context of DAS guidelines:
•Needle cricothyroidotomy&jet ventilator (Manujet)
•Surgical cricothyroidotomy
•Video laryngoscopy using the Airtraq& C-Trach
•Low skill fibreoptic intubation using the Aintree intubation catheter
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| Non-technical skills learning objectives |
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•To identify unhelpful thought processes and behaviours associated with poor performance under stress. |
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•To define non-technical and non-clinical skills
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•To relate non-clinical skills to clinical skill and knowledge
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•To identify the major Human Factors issues
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•To correlate risk and performance
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•To establish a basic appreciation of team skills
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•To explore three fundamental non-clinical themes:
•Sense making
•Decision making
•Effective professional communication
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•To consider how to choose behaviour
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