Emergency airway management by non-anaesthesia house officers—a comparison of three strategies

Objectives—The purpose of this study was to determine effects of different airway devices and tidal volumes on lung ventilation and gastric inflation in an unprotected airway. Methods—Thirty one non-anaesthesia house officers volunteered for the study, and ventilated a bench model simulating an unin...

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Published in:Emergency medicine journal : EMJ 2001-03, Vol.18 (2), p.90-94
Main Authors: Dörges, V, Ocker, H, Wenzel, V, Sauer, C, Schmucker, P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Airway management
Anesthesia
Artificial respiration
bag-valve-mask
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Child
Clinical Competence
combitube
Compliance
CPR
Emergency Medical Services
Emergency medicine
Equipment Design
Female
gastric regurgitation
Heart Arrest - physiopathology
Heart Arrest - therapy
Humans
Intubation
Intubation, Intratracheal
Investigations
laryngeal mask airway
Laryngeal Masks
Male
Masks
Medical Staff, Hospital
Methods
Original
Practice
Resuscitation
tidal volume
Tidal Volume - physiology
Time and Motion Studies
Ventilation
Volunteers
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Summary:Objectives—The purpose of this study was to determine effects of different airway devices and tidal volumes on lung ventilation and gastric inflation in an unprotected airway. Methods—Thirty one non-anaesthesia house officers volunteered for the study, and ventilated a bench model simulating an unintubated respiratory arrest patient with bag-valve-facemask, laryngeal mask airway, and combitube using paediatric and adult self inflating bags. Results—The paediatric versus adult self inflating bag resulted with the laryngeal mask airway and combitube in significantly (p
ISSN:1472-0205
1472-0213
DOI:10.1136/emj.18.2.90