Airway management training for electroconvulsive therapy psychiatrists

Airway assessment, identification of features which would make the patient an unacceptable candidate for modified ECT without an anesthesiologist, basic airway management (including the proper use of rescue devices), and clinical pharmacology of the anesthetic and anti-hypertensive agents commonly u...

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Published in:Indian journal of psychiatry 2013-01, Vol.55 (1), p.97-98
Main Authors: Kellner, Charles H, Bryson, Ethan O, Aloysi, Amy S
Format: Article
Language:English
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Airway management
Electroconvulsive therapy
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Prescriptions
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Summary:Airway assessment, identification of features which would make the patient an unacceptable candidate for modified ECT without an anesthesiologist, basic airway management (including the proper use of rescue devices), and clinical pharmacology of the anesthetic and anti-hypertensive agents commonly used by anesthesiologists caring for patients during ECT.
ISSN:0019-5545
1998-3794
DOI:10.4103/0019-5545.105532