MS#04 Use of the Airtraq laryngoscope in a model of difficult intubation

Anaesthesia, 2007, 62, pages 1061–1065

Our study results suggest that this newlaryngoscope can facilitate high rates of successful intubation in particularly challenging circumstances represented by a combination of practitioners with only 5 min laryngoscopy training presented with a model of a Cormack and Lehane grade III ⁄ IV view.

The Airtraq may therefore offer an effective tool to improve first-time intubation success rates and reduce the incidence of misplaced tracheal tubes when used by trained advanced life support providers working in the testing environmentof the prehospital setting.

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