Learning endotracheal intubation using a novel videolaryngoscope improves intubation skills of medical students.
Anesth Analg
; 113(3): 586-90, 2011 Sep.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21680859
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Teaching endotracheal intubation to medical students is a task provided by many academic anesthesia departments. We tested the hypothesis that teaching with a novel videolaryngoscope improves students' intubation skills.METHODS:
We prospectively assessed in medical students (2nd clinical year) intubation skills acquired by intubation attempts in adult anesthetized patients during a 60-hour clinical course using, in a randomized fashion, either a conventional Macintosh blade laryngoscope or a videolaryngoscope (C-MAC®). The latter permits direct laryngoscopy with a Macintosh blade and provides a color image on a video screen. Skills were measured before and after the course in a standardized fashion (METI Emergency Care Simulator) using a conventional laryngoscope. All 1-semester medical students (n = 93) were enrolled.RESULTS:
The students' performance did not significantly differ between groups before the course. After the course, students trained with the videolaryngoscope had an intubation success rate on a manikin 19% higher (95% CI 1.1%-35.3%; P < 0.001) and intubated 11 seconds faster (95% CI 4-18) when compared with those trained using a conventional laryngoscope. The incidence of "difficult (manikin) laryngoscopy" was less frequent in the group trained with the videolaryngoscope (8% vs 34%; P = 0.005).CONCLUSION:
Education using a video system mounted into a traditional Macintosh blade improves intubation skills in medical students.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Estudantes de Medicina
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Gravação em Vídeo
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Laringoscópios
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Educação de Graduação em Medicina
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Intubação Intratraqueal
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2011
Tipo de documento:
Article