1. A comparison of three supraglottic airway devices used by healthcare professionals during paediatric resuscitation simulation
- Author
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Markus Ritzka, Bernhard M. Graf, Benedikt Trabold, and Domagoj Schunk
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Laryngeal tube ,Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Resuscitation ,Attitude of Health Personnel ,medicine.medical_treatment ,610 Medizin ,Paediatric resuscitation ,Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine ,Manikins ,Laryngeal Masks ,medicine ,Intubation, Intratracheal ,Fiber Optic Technology ,Humans ,Intensive care medicine ,ddc:610 ,Health professionals ,business.industry ,General Medicine ,Supraglottic airway ,medicine.disease ,Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation ,Patient Simulation ,Emergency Medicine ,Airway management ,Female ,Medical emergency ,business ,Airway ,Healthcare providers - Abstract
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the best airway device among the laryngeal mask, I-gel and the laryngeal tube used by healthcare professional groups with different levels of experience with paediatric airway management. Method: Three groups of healthcare professionals were separately provided with brief supervised training in using the three devices. Afterwards the participants were asked to place the airway device. For every participant, the positioning of each device was recorded. The success rate and timing of insertion were measured. Furthermore, each insertion was scored for the ease of insertion, clinical and fibreoptic verification of the position and successful ventilation. Results: A total of 66 healthcare providers (22 paramedics, 22 nurse anaesthetists and 22 anaesthesia residents) participated in the study. The median time of insertion of both the laryngeal mask and the tube was significantly longer than for the I-gel for all professional groups (p
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- 2013