Table 6 Acute care and emergency medicine skills: pediatrics
From: Have “new” methods in medical education reached German-speaking Central Europe: a survey
n | Mandatory | Voluntary | Planned | Decentralized | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pediatric basic life support | 30 | 12 | 40.0% | 9 | 30.0% | 3 | 10.0% | 12 | 40.0% |
Pediatric advanced life support | 26 | 8 | 30.8% | 9 | 34.6% | 3 | 11.5% | 11 | 42.3% |
Focused examination (pediatrics) | 24 | 7 | 29.2% | 4 | 16.7% | 5 | 20.8% | 17 | 70.8% |
IV access, peripheral | 24 | 3 | 12.5% | 8 | 33.3% | 2 | 8.3% | 14 | 58.3% |
Alternative application of medication (rectal, buccal, nasal, intramuscular) | 22 | 3 | 13.6% | 6 | 27.3% | 1 | 4.5% | 15 | 68.2% |
Intraosseous access | 23 | 7 | 30.4% | 8 | 34.8% | 3 | 13.0% | 10 | 43.5% |
Bag-valve ventilation | 28 | 9 | 32.1% | 12 | 42.9% | 2 | 7.1% | 15 | 53.6% |
Orotracheal intubation | 25 | 7 | 28.0% | 12 | 48.0% | 1 | 4.0% | 12 | 48.0% |
Alternative airway devices (LT, LMA etc.) | 28 | 8 | 28.6% | 12 | 42.9% | 3 | 10.7% | 13 | 46.4% |