PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - T Mitterlechner
AU  - A Wipp
AU  - H Herff
AU  - V Wenzel
AU  - A M Strasak
AU  - T W Felbinger
AU  - C A Schmittinger
TI  - A comparison of the suction laryngoscope and the Macintosh laryngoscope in emergency medical technicians: a manikin model of severe airway haemorrhage
AID  - 10.1136/emj.2010.101816
DP  - 2012 Jan 01
TA  - Emergency Medicine Journal
PG  - 54--55
VI  - 29
IP  - 1
4099  - http://emj.bmj.com/content/29/1/54.short
4100  - http://emj.bmj.com/content/29/1/54.full
SO  - Emerg Med J2012 Jan 01; 29
AB  - 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.