Comparison of 3 video laryngoscopes against the Miller laryngoscope for tracheal intubation during infant resuscitation

To the Editor, The recent European Resuscitation Council guidelines for infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) emphasizes the importance of minimizing the interruption of chest compression (CC) to maximize cardiopulmonary and cerebral perfusion pressure [1]. After Institutional Review Board of I...

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Published inThe American journal of emergency medicine Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 460 - 461
Main Authors Szarpak, Łukasz, MSc, EMT-P, Kurowski, Andrzej, PhD, MD, Truszewski, Zenon, PhD, MD, Czyżewski, Łukasz, MSc, RN
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.03.2015
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - instrumentation
CPR
Cross-Over Studies
Emergency
Emergency medical care
Emergency medical services
Equipment Design
Humans
Infant
Infants
Informed consent
Intubation
Intubation, Intratracheal - instrumentation
Laryngoscopes
Manikins
Success
Ventilation
Norway
Germany
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Summary:To the Editor, The recent European Resuscitation Council guidelines for infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) emphasizes the importance of minimizing the interruption of chest compression (CC) to maximize cardiopulmonary and cerebral perfusion pressure [1]. After Institutional Review Board of International Institute of Rescue Research and Education (Warsaw, Poland; prot. no.:12.2014.12.45) approval and with written, voluntary informed consent of 126 paramedics, each with minimum 1 year of work experience in emergency medical service, and with approximately 100 direct laryngoscopic intubations' worth of experience in patients but no experience with video laryngoscopy participated in this study.
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ISSN:0735-6757
1532-8171
DOI:10.1016/j.ajem.2014.11.039