Annals of emergency medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
A randomized controlled trial on the effect of educational interventions in promoting airway management skill maintenance.
This study was conducted to determine the natural history of airway management skill decay and examine the effect of independent practice and periodic feedback on airway management skill maintenance. ⋯ Airway management skill performance declines early after initial training. Independent practice combined with periodic feedback was effective in maintaining performance scores in an advanced airway management simulation. Periodic evaluation with feedback alone showed a nonsignificant trend toward improvement over control.