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Instruction in awake fibreoptic intubation using the trainees as subjects
Author(s) -
Woodall N.M.,
Barker G.L.,
Harwood R.J.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2003.03144_7.x
Subject(s) - medicine , intubation , anesthesia , endoscopy , laryngoscopy , anxiety , airway , surgery , psychiatry
Results Endoscopy of the airway was performed to the level of the trachea in all except two of the 275 subjects. Intubation was completed in 248. Gagging during the procedure was rated as slightly uncomfortable by 173(63%) participants, 36(13%) found this uncomfortable and 8(3%) rated this aspect as very uncomfortable. Fifty-six (20%) reported no discomfort associated with gagging. Eight (3%) found the procedure painful. One-hundred-andforty-six (53%) subjects found the procedure slightly painful; 116(42%) reported no pain. Four (2%) delegates rated the sensation of endoscopy or intubation as distressing. Overall, the procedure was rated as acceptable by 219(80%) subjects and enjoyable by 40(15%) of those who completed questionnaires. Ninety nine percent of the delegates rated the training as good or excellent.