Nature

Failure of pediatric and neonatal trainees to meet Canadian Neonatal Resuscitation Program standards for neonatal intubation

Neonatal intubation skills are initially taught through the Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) and thereafter complemented by further practical clinical training. The aim of this study is to compare ...
Nature

Impact of premedication on neonatal intubations by pediatric and neonatal trainees

We retrospectively reviewed a hospital-approved neonatal intubation database from 2003 to 2010. Intubation success rate was defined as the number of successful intubations divided by the total number ...
WTEN

Washington University stops intubation training using cats

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Washington University in St. Louis has stopped using sedated cats to train medical students how to insert breathing tubes down the throats of babies, effectively ending the practice ...
STAT

Intubation training on cats is abandoned by US medical schools

ST. LOUIS — Washington University in St. Louis said Monday that it has stopped using sedated cats to train medical students how to insert breathing tubes down babies’ throats, effectively ending the ...
Medical Dialogues

Video Laryngoscopy Improves intubation success, Should Be Standard for Neonatal Intubation: Study

A new study published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood, Fetal and Neonatal Edition showed that video laryngoscopy (VL) is the standard of treatment for newborn intubations in the ...