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Emerg Med Australas · Jun 2024
Early experience in use of videolaryngoscopy by a neonatal pre-hospital and retrieval service.
- David Lacquiere, Jacob Smith, Neel Bhanderi, Francis Lockie, Jacintha Pickles, Mardi Steere, John Craven, and Stefan Mazur.
- South Australian Ambulance Service MedSTAR, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
- Emerg Med Australas. 2024 Jun 1; 36 (3): 476478476-478.
ObjectiveTo describe initial experience with use of the Glidescope Go videolaryngoscope by an Australian neonatal pre-hospital and retrieval service.MethodsWe conducted a 31-month retrospective review of an airway registry for neonates intubated by MedSTAR Kids clinicians.ResultsTwenty-two patients were intubated using the Glidescope Go, compared with 50 using direct laryngoscopy. First-pass success was 17/22 (77.3%) with the Glidescope Go and 38/50 (76%) with direct laryngoscopy. Complications occurred in 7/22 (32%) and 8/50 (16%), respectively.ConclusionsOn initial review of this practice change, videolaryngoscopy allows neonatal tracheal intubation with a comparable success rate to direct laryngoscopy in a pre-hospital and retrieval setting.© 2024 Australasian College for Emergency Medicine.
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