title: Performance comparison of laryngoscopy and suction techniques in a hemorrhagic airway manikin simulator: direct laryngoscopy with Yankauer vs. Storz CMAC with attached suction tip.
abstract: Airway management of the hemorrhagic airway can be a difficult skill to master as trainee exposure to this difficult airway may be limited. In this study, we employed a hemorrhagic airway simulator along with a videolaryngoscope and the Storz Boedker-Doerges (BD) suction blade. These devices provided improved intubation performance in this model with respect to traditional direct laryngoscope (DL) and VL blades. This study shows that use of a hemorrhagic simulator could be an effective and valuable training tool in difficult airway intubation training.
authors.affiliation: Research Service, VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System, Omaha, NE, USA. tnicholas@unmc.edu
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Nicholas
authors.forename: Huiling
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pang
authors.forename: Mary A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Bernhagen
authors.forename: Ben H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Boedeker
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D006470:Hemorrhage; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods; D007828:Laryngoscopy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008348:Manikins; D018715:Microscopy, Video; D013396:Suction / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis