The aim was to evaluate the performance of the C-MAC compared with Macintosh when performed in patients with immobilized cervical spine by unexperienced physicians.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
50
1\) Direct laryngoscopy using a Macintosh laryngoscope with size 3 blade (Mercury Medical, Clearwater, FL, USA) with a conventional 7.0 mm internal diameter (ID) tracheal tube
C-MAC introduced with a h size 3 blade.
Medical University of Warsaw, Department of Emergency Medicine
Warsaw, Masovia, Poland
Time required for successful intubation
Time frame: 1 day
success rate of intubation attempt
success rate of first intubation attempt
Time frame: 1 day
Cormack&Lehane grade
glottic view during intubation rate using Cormack\&Lehane grade
Time frame: 1 day
Dental Compression
the severity of the potential dental trauma was calculated based on previously described modified grading scale (Svoldelli, 2009)
Time frame: 1 day
Ease of intubation
To access subjective opinion about the difficulty of each intubation method, participants were asked to rate it on a visual analog scale (VAS) with a score from 1 (extremely easy) to 10 (extremely difficult).
Time frame: 1 day
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