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The Availability of Advanced Airway Equipment and Experience with Videolaryngoscopy in the UK: Two UK Surveys
Fibreoptic intubation, high frequency jet ventilation, and videolaryngoscopy form part of the Royal College of Anaesthetists compulsory higher airway training module. Curriculum delivery requires equipment availability and competent trainers. We sought to establish (1) availability of advanced airwa...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4299561/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25628653 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/152014 |
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author | Gill, Rachel L. Jeffrey, Audrey S. Y. McNarry, Alistair F. Liew, Geoffrey H. C. |
author_facet | Gill, Rachel L. Jeffrey, Audrey S. Y. McNarry, Alistair F. Liew, Geoffrey H. C. |
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description | Fibreoptic intubation, high frequency jet ventilation, and videolaryngoscopy form part of the Royal College of Anaesthetists compulsory higher airway training module. Curriculum delivery requires equipment availability and competent trainers. We sought to establish (1) availability of advanced airway equipment in UK hospitals (Survey I) and (2) if those interested in airway management (Difficult Airway Society (DAS) members) had access to videolaryngoscopes, their basic skill levels and teaching competence with these devices and if they believed that videolaryngoscopy was replacing conventional or fibreoptic laryngoscopy (Survey II). Data was obtained from 212 hospitals (73.1%) and 554 DAS members (27.6%). Most hospitals (202, 99%) owned a fiberscope, 119 (57.5%) had a videolaryngoscope, yet only 62 (29.5%) had high frequency jet ventilators. DAS members had variable access to videolaryngoscopes with Airtraq 319 (59.6%) and Glidescope 176 (32.9%) being the most common. More DAS members were happy to teach or use videolaryngoscopes in a difficult airway than those who had used them more than ten times. The majority rated Macintosh laryngoscopy as the most important airway skill. Members rated fibreoptic intubation and videolaryngoscopy skills equally. Our surveys demonstrate widespread availability of fibreoptic scopes, limited availability of videolaryngoscopes, and limited numbers of experienced videolaryngoscope tutors. |
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spelling | pubmed-42995612015-01-27 The Availability of Advanced Airway Equipment and Experience with Videolaryngoscopy in the UK: Two UK Surveys Gill, Rachel L. Jeffrey, Audrey S. Y. McNarry, Alistair F. Liew, Geoffrey H. C. Anesthesiol Res Pract Research Article Fibreoptic intubation, high frequency jet ventilation, and videolaryngoscopy form part of the Royal College of Anaesthetists compulsory higher airway training module. Curriculum delivery requires equipment availability and competent trainers. We sought to establish (1) availability of advanced airway equipment in UK hospitals (Survey I) and (2) if those interested in airway management (Difficult Airway Society (DAS) members) had access to videolaryngoscopes, their basic skill levels and teaching competence with these devices and if they believed that videolaryngoscopy was replacing conventional or fibreoptic laryngoscopy (Survey II). Data was obtained from 212 hospitals (73.1%) and 554 DAS members (27.6%). Most hospitals (202, 99%) owned a fiberscope, 119 (57.5%) had a videolaryngoscope, yet only 62 (29.5%) had high frequency jet ventilators. DAS members had variable access to videolaryngoscopes with Airtraq 319 (59.6%) and Glidescope 176 (32.9%) being the most common. More DAS members were happy to teach or use videolaryngoscopes in a difficult airway than those who had used them more than ten times. The majority rated Macintosh laryngoscopy as the most important airway skill. Members rated fibreoptic intubation and videolaryngoscopy skills equally. Our surveys demonstrate widespread availability of fibreoptic scopes, limited availability of videolaryngoscopes, and limited numbers of experienced videolaryngoscope tutors. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-01-05 /pmc/articles/PMC4299561/ /pubmed/25628653 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/152014 Text en Copyright © 2015 Rachel L. Gill et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Gill, Rachel L. Jeffrey, Audrey S. Y. McNarry, Alistair F. Liew, Geoffrey H. C. The Availability of Advanced Airway Equipment and Experience with Videolaryngoscopy in the UK: Two UK Surveys |
title | The Availability of Advanced Airway Equipment and Experience with Videolaryngoscopy in the UK: Two UK Surveys |
title_full | The Availability of Advanced Airway Equipment and Experience with Videolaryngoscopy in the UK: Two UK Surveys |
title_fullStr | The Availability of Advanced Airway Equipment and Experience with Videolaryngoscopy in the UK: Two UK Surveys |
title_full_unstemmed | The Availability of Advanced Airway Equipment and Experience with Videolaryngoscopy in the UK: Two UK Surveys |
title_short | The Availability of Advanced Airway Equipment and Experience with Videolaryngoscopy in the UK: Two UK Surveys |
title_sort | availability of advanced airway equipment and experience with videolaryngoscopy in the uk: two uk surveys |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4299561/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25628653 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/152014 |
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