Table 3 Respondents reported experience with difficult airway situations and difficult airway back-up equipment.
From: Pre-hospital advanced airway management by anaesthesiologists: Is there still room for improvement?
Specialist (n = 12) | Non specialist (n = 5) | P | Fulltime (n = 11) | Part-time (n = 6) | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Has experienced difficult airway | 10 | 3 | 0.538 | 11 | 2 | 0.006 |
Has experienced non-intubation situation | 6 | 0 | 0.102 | 6 | 0 | 0.043 |
Has knowledge of airway related death | 7 | 3 | 1.000 | 6 | 4 | 1.000 |
Experience with use of ILMA | 6 | 4 | 0.338 | 5 | 6 | 0.304 |
Experience with use of LMA | 7 | 4 | 0.600 | 6 | 5 | 0.333 |
Experience with use of LMA Proseal | 4 | 3 | 0.593 | 3 | 4 | 0.162 |
Experience with use of LT | 5 | 1 | 0.600 | 5 | 6 | 0.043 |
Experience with use of McCoy | 5 | 2 | 1.000 | 5 | 2 | 1.000 |
Experience with use of Bougie | 7 | 4 | 0.600 | 6 | 5 | 0.333 |
Experience with use of needle cricothyrotomy | 4 | 0 | 0.261 | 4 | 0 | 0.237 |
Experience with use of cricothyrotomy | 3 | 0 | 0.515 | 3 | 0 | 0.515 |
Experience with use of emergency tracheotomy | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0.515 |