Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
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Emerg Med Australas · Apr 2009
Randomized Controlled TrialLaryngoscope illumination grade does not influence time to successful manikin intubation.
Endotracheal intubation is an important, time-critical, life-saving emergency medicine procedure. Laryngoscope characteristics might influence time to successful intubation. The objective of the present study was to determine whether laryngoscope light of variable intensity would influence the length of time required to achieve successful endotracheal intubation. ⋯ The intensity of laryngoscope light across a clinically plausible range does not affect time to intubation.