Inhalation technique practical skills and knowledge among physicians and nurses in two pediatric emergency settings

Inhaler technique in a pediatric emergency department: Impact of an education intervention among healthcare professionals

“…However, less than half of the participants (41.7%) awaited 30–60 s between inhalations. In contrast to our findings, Spaggiari et al 11 found that the most mistaken step was shaking the canister before the next inhalation and patients' position during IT. On the other hand, the most forgotten step in IT with spacer and mouthpiece was taking a deep exhalation before inhalation (75%) followed by exhaling slowly after inhalation (79.8%).…”

“…Similarly, Spaggiari et al 11 conducted a study in the PED, detecting that only 49% of participants did all the steps correctly in the practical examination and 34% almost perfectly.…”

“…In line with our findings, Santambrogio et al 6 found that the medium score in the evaluation of IT was 9.9 over a total score of 21 and that none of the participants answered correctly to all the theoretical questions. Similarly, Spaggiari et al 11 conducted a study in the PED, detecting that only 49% of participants did all the steps correctly in the practical examination and 34% almost perfectly.…”

“…Unfortunately, few studies have been conducted with healthcare professionals in pediatric settings, and even fewer in emergency units. Among the studies performed in PED, Spaggiari et al 11 assessed IT in nurses and pediatricians, observing that IT was perfectly mastered by 49% of the participants and almost perfectly mastered by another 34%, highlighting that nurses obtained better results than doctors. These results underline the need of “training trainers”, hence, the importance of conveying training programs addressed to healthcare providers.…”

Pediatri Asistanlarının Astım Tedavisinde Kullanılan İnhaler Tedavi Teknikleri Konusunda Bilgi Düzeylerinin Değerlendirilmesi

“…Another study involving nurses and doctors responsible for pediatric patient follow-up found that only <50% of the participants could perform the MDI application steps without any errors. In this study, inhaler technique scores of nurses were higher than that of doctors and no difference was found between residents and senior doctors, which are notable results (19). In the present study, inhaler technique scores of the is the most effective training method among these methods, whereas other studies argue that better results can be achieved with one-to-one training (22,23).…”