American Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 24, Issue 7 , Pages 769-774, November 2006

Tracheal intubation by inexperienced medical residents using the Airtraq and Macintosh laryngoscopes—a manikin study

  • Chrisen H. Maharaj, MB, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia, University College Hospital Galway, Ireland
    • Department of Anaesthesia, Clinical Sciences Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
    • National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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  • Martina Ni Chonghaile, MB

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia, University College Hospital Galway, Ireland
    • Department of Anaesthesia, Clinical Sciences Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
    • National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
  • ,
  • Brendan D. Higgins, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia, Clinical Sciences Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
    • National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
  • ,
  • Brian H. Harte, MB

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia, University College Hospital Galway, Ireland
  • ,
  • John G. Laffey, MD, MA, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia, University College Hospital Galway, Ireland
    • Department of Anaesthesia, Clinical Sciences Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
    • National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Anaesthesia, Clinical Sciences Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland.

Received 15 February 2006; accepted 14 March 2006.

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 This study was funded by departmental resources.

PII: S0735-6757(06)00101-X

doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2006.03.014

American Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 24, Issue 7 , Pages 769-774, November 2006