How much do new junior doctors in emergency medicine understand about oxygen therapy?
Oxygen is routinely prescribed in hospital practice. It should be prescribed like any other drug, specifying delivery device, flow rate and desired inspired concentration. There appears to be continued deficiency in the provision of guidance for, and understanding of, the principles of oxygen therapy.
Mbamalu
David
D
Emergency Department, Chase Farm Hospital, Enfield.
Banerjee
Ashis
A
Hinchley
Geoff
G
Idowu
Akin
A
D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy / Q000592:standards*; D006113:United Kingdom