Airway Scope for emergency intubations: usefulness of a new video-laryngoscope

• Published in: Hiroshima journal of medical sciences Vol. 57; no. 3-4; p. 99
• Main Authors: Sadamori, Takuma, Kusunoki, Shinji, Otani, Tadatsugu, Ishida, Makoto, Masuda, Rieko, Tamura, Tomoko, Takeda, Taku, Tsumura, Ryu, Shokawa, Tomoki, Kondo, Tomohiro, Sakai, Hiroshi, Iwasaki, Yasumasa, Yamanoue, Takao, Hirohashi, Nobuyuki, Tanigawa, Koichi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan 01.12.2008
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Emergencies; Female; Humans; Intubation, Intratracheal - instrumentation; Laryngoscopes; Male; Middle Aged

The Airway Scope (AWS-S100, Pentax, Tokyo, Japan) is a new video-laryngoscope, which has a specially designed blade and a portable, battery-powered, 2.4-inch built-in liquid crystal device (LCD) full-color video screen at the top of the handle. In this study, we tested the usefulness of the AWS for...