Decreased time to intubation by experienced users with a new lens-clearing video laryngoscope in a simulated setting

Traditionally, direct laryngoscopy (DL) has been the preferred method to perform endotracheal intubations. Over the last two decades, however, video laryngoscopy (VL) has become increasingly prevalent not only in hospital-based environments but increasingly in pre-hospital and combat settings as well [1,2]. To date, there exist several studies that compare VL to DL in both pre-hospital and hospital settings with varied results, however not all uniformly show any of the VL systems to be superior to DL [3-9].

Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - February 17, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Andrew Napier, Tony Zitek Source Type: research