title: Pentax Airway Scope AWS-S200 video laryngoscope for child tracheal intubation in a manikin study with 3 airway scenarios.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Endotracheal intubation is considered a criterion standard for securing the airway during cardiopulmonary resuscitation, yet it requires a very skillful operator. The aim of the study was to investigate whether paramedic staff can successfully use the Pentax Airway Scope AWS-S200 video laryngoscope (AWS) for intubating with 3 simulated airway scenarios.
  
  
  METHODS
  It was a randomized nonblinded crossover simulation trial. Fifty-four paramedics performed intubation using an AWS in a manikin, with 3 airway scenarios: scenario A, normal airway; scenario B, normal airway with chest compression (CC); and scenario C, difficult airway with CC.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Median intubation times for the AWS during scenarios A, B, and C were 20 seconds (interquartile range [IQR], 19-23 seconds), 22 seconds (IQR, 20-25 seconds), and 26 seconds (IQR, 23-29 seconds), respectively, and the respective overall success rates of intubation were 100%, 100%, and 94.4%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In this manikin study, paramedics could successfully intubate using the AWS, regardless of CCs being interrupted or not, even when a patient's airway was difficult.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Cardinal Wyszynski National Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland; Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Łukasz
authors.initials: Ł
authors.lastname: Szarpak
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Cardinal Wyszynski National Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland; Department of Nephrologic Nursing, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Łukasz
authors.initials: Ł
authors.lastname: Czyżewski
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Zenon
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Truszewski
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Cardinal Wyszynski National Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland. Electronic address: andrzejkurowski987@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kurowski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; D002648:Child; D002983:Clinical Competence; D018592:Cross-Over Studies; D004634:Emergency Medical Technicians / Q000592:standards*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D020704:Laryngoscopes; D008297:Male; D008348:Manikins; D014741:Video Recording