Use of the GlideScope®-Ranger for pre-hospital intubations by anaesthesia trained emergency physicians - An observational study

被引：6

作者：

Russo S.G. ^{[1
]}

Nickel E.A. ^{[1
,2
]}

Leissner K.B. ^{[3
]}

Schwerdtfeger K. ^{[1
]}

Bauer M. ^{[1
]}

Roessler M.S. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] University Hospital Göttingen, Department of Anaesthesiology, Göttingen

[2] HELIOS Klinikum Emil-von-Behring, Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Berlin

[3] Harvard Medical School, Department of Anesthesiology, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA

来源：

BMC Emergency Medicine | / 16卷 / 1期

关键词：

Airway management; GlideScope; Intubating laryngeal mask airway; Pre-hospital; Videolaryngoscopy;

D O I：

10.1186/s12873-016-0069-2

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摘要：

Background: Pre-hospital endotracheal intubation is more difficult than in the operating room (OR). Therefore, enhanced airway management devices such as video laryngoscopes may be helpful to improve the success rate of pre-hospital intubation. We describe the use of the Glidescope®-Ranger (GS-R) as an alternative airway tool used at the discretion of the emergency physician (EP) in charge. Methods: During a 3.5 year period, the GS-R was available to be used either as the primary or backup tool for pre-hospital intubation by anaesthesia trained EP with limited expertise using angulated videolaryngoscopes. Results: During this period 672 patients needed pre-hospital intubation of which the GS-R was used in 56 cases. The overall GS-R success rate was 66 % (range of 34-100 % among EP). The reasons for difficulties or failure included inexperience of the EP with the GS-R, impaired view due to secretion, vomitus, blood or the inability to see the screen in very bright environment due to sunlight. Conclusion: Special expertise and substantial training is needed to successfully accomplish tracheal intubation with the GS-R in the pre-hospital setting. Providers inexperienced with DL as well as video-assisted intubation should not expect to be able to perform tracheal intubation easily just because a videolaryngoscope is available. Additionally, indirect laryngoscopy might be difficult or even impossible to achieve in the pre-hospital setting due to impeding circumstances such as blood, secretions or bright sun-light. Therefore, videolaryngoscopes, here the GS-R, should not be considered as the "Holy Grail" of endotracheal intubation, neither for the experts nor for inexperienced providers. © 2016 Russo et al.

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