title: Use of a malleable bougie and curved forceps with videolaryngoscopy in airway management training in a cadaver model - a pilot study.
abstract: The wider angle of view of videolaryngoscopy versus standard direct laryngoscopy requires an assessment of the adjunctive devices used to facilitate intubation. In this study, subjects performed malleable bougie-assisted intubation and curved forceps removal of a glottic foreign body using videolaryngoscopy on a lightly embalmed cadaver and completed a post-procedure questionnaire. All subjects valued access to the malleable bougie available at their hospitals and 82% valued access to the curved forceps. Malleable bougie and curved forceps seem well-suited to facilitate videolaryngoscopic airway management.
authors.affiliation: Dept. Emergency Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wadman
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Nicholas
authors.forename: Mary A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Bernhagen
authors.forename: Gail M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Kuper
authors.forename: Nikola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Miljkovic
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Massignan
authors.forename: Ben H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Boedeker
mesh_terms: D058109:Airway Management / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002102:Cadaver; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery; D005931:Glottis; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D018715:Microscopy, Video / Q000295:instrumentation; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis