title: Assessing intravenous cannulation and tracheal intubation training.
abstract: A simple graphical method is described that allows the assessment of a student's progress while learning intravenous cannulation and tracheal intubation. Thirty-four students were studied during their initial training; 91% of those students who obtained a sufficient number of trials to allow a final assessment to be made met the criterion of 80% success for cannulation and 95% achieved similar success in intubation. Thirty-one ambulance staff who returned for a 3-day refresher course were also assessed; 44% (for intravenous cannulation) and 61% (for tracheal intubation) met the 80% success criterion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Royal United Hospital, Bath.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D000761:Anesthesia Department, Hospital; D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral / Q000592:standards; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D004634:Emergency Medical Technicians / Q000193:education*; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000592:standards; D008433:Mathematics