The week long training was conducted using advanced mannequins designed to challenge the participants’ newly acquired skills with the most current intubation instruments and ventilators.

Chicago-based Level EX created and released a Airway EX, a free application designed for anesthesiologists to train for a variety of airway procedures without hardware, Anesthesia News reports.

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 practice ...

Washington University in St. Louis said that it has stopped using sedated cats to train medical students how to insert breathing tubes down babies' throats.

It’s not just airway intubation training. It also combines the stress of a timer and of confined spaces, allowing paramedics to train for unusual situations while also covering basic skills.

AAP spokesperson Deborah Jacobson said that the medical society has no official policy on the use of kittens in intubation training.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals revealed through documents obtained by Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act Thursday that cats used for intubation training for the University’s Survival ...

A statement from the medical school said, “After careful consideration and a significant investment in its simulation center, Washington University School of Medicine now will provide neonatal ...

The group claims the program’s practice of endotracheal intubation on cats violates the Animal Welfare Act and emphasizes that medical training programs have many other options for training residents ...