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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Tracheal intubation by non-anaesthetist physicians using the Airway Scope.
- Yoshihiro Hirabayashi and Norimasa Seo.
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke-shi, Tochigi, Japan. yhira@jichi.ac.jp
- Emerg Med J. 2007 Aug 1; 24 (8): 572-3.
ObjectiveTo evaluate the performance of the Airway Scope for tracheal intubation by non-anaesthetist physicians.MethodsUnder supervision by staff anaesthetists, non-anaesthesia residents performed tracheal intubation using either the Airway Scope (n = 100) or Macintosh laryngoscope (n = 100). The time required for airway instrumentation and the success rate at first attempt were investigated.ResultsThe time to secure the airway was shorter with the Airway Scope than with the Macintosh laryngoscope (p<0.001). The success rate at first attempt was higher with the Airway Scope than with the Macintosh laryngoscope (p<0.001).ConclusionThe Airway Scope may reduce the time to secure the airway and the incidence of failed tracheal intubation in novice laryngoscopists.
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