Do pontine cholinergic mechanisms modulate the cortical electroencephalographic spindles of halothane anesthesia?
Laterodorsal and pedunculopontine tegmental neurons, which provide cholinergic input to the mPRF, play a causal role in generating the EEG spindles of halothane anesthesia.
ILS training alone may be insufficient to increase deployment of these skills by nurses who are not cardiac arrest team members. A more supportive approach, involving individual coaching of these individuals may need to be considered.