One- year Experience in Conducting Training of Tracheal Intubation for Emergency Medical Technicians at Tokai University Hospital

Abstract

Here described are the summary and results of one-year Experience in Conducting tracheal Intubation training for emergency medical technicians (EMTs) at the Department of Anesthesiology, Tokai University Hospital in July 2004. Six EMTs participated in the training course, and the total number of participating patients was 184. The average tracheal Intubation success rate was 89.3±6.9%, and the incidence of adverse events associated with tracheal intubation was 1.1%. The mean number of patients who received tracheal intubation and the mean training duration were 30.7±0.8 and 46.2±13.4 days, respectively, until 30 successful cases were obtained. The entire duration of the training course required a period of about 1.5 months. All EMT participants completed the course and received their qualification. The training course was safely conducted with good technical guidance; however, there were some issues to be resolved regarding practical training.