title: A comparison of the suction laryngoscope and the Macintosh laryngoscope in emergency medical technicians: a manikin model of severe airway haemorrhage.
abstract: The use of a suction laryngoscope that enables simultaneous suction and laryngoscopy was evaluated. 34 emergency medical technicians intubated the trachea of a manikin with simulated upper airway haemorrhage using the suction laryngoscope and the Macintosh laryngoscope, in random order. When using the suction laryngoscope, the number of oesophageal intubations was lower (3/34 vs 11/34; p=0.021) and the time taken to intubation was shorter (mean (SD) 50 (15) vs 58 (27) s; p=0.041). In cases of airway haemorrhage, the use of the suction laryngoscope might be beneficial.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mitterlechner
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wipp
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Herff
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Wenzel
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Strasak
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Felbinger
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Schmittinger
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D004630:Emergencies; D004634:Emergency Medical Technicians; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D020704:Laryngoscopes; D008348:Manikins; D018401:Sample Size; D013396:Suction / Q000295:instrumentation*