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. 2025 Jun 23;33:109. doi: 10.1186/s13049-025-01422-2

Table 3.

First pass success of DL/VL of emergency physicians compared to rescue service personnel and of emergency physicians with different specializations using different devices

First Pass Success [%] p-value
Emergency Physician 63.4 (n = 123) 0.53
Rescue Service Personnel 59.1 (n = 39)
DL
Emergency Physician 64.7 (n = 44) 0.77
Rescue Service Personnel 67.7 (n = 21)
VL
Emergency Physician 62.7 (n = 79) 0.23
Rescue Service Personnel 51.4% (n = 18)
C-Mac
Emergency Physician 64.5 (n = 69) 0.17
Rescue Service Personnel 45.5 (n = 5)
McGrath
Emergency Physician 52.6 (n = 10) 0.18
Rescue Service Personnel 54.2 (n = 13)
Anesthesiology 54.4 (n = 62) 0.06
Internal Medicine 75.6 (n = 31)
Orthopedic Trauma Surgery 60.0 (n = 12)
Percentage of Usage p -value First Pass Success [%] p -value
VL
Anesthesiology 57.9 (n = 66) 0.32 51.5 (n = 34) 0.01
Internal Medicine 82.9 (n = 34) 82.4 (n = 28)
Orthopedic Trauma Surgery 84 (n = 17) 58.8 (n = 10)
DL
Anesthesiology 39.5 (n = 45) < 0.001 57.8 (n = 26) 0.71
Internal Medicine 17.1 (n = 7) 42.9 (n = 3)
Orthopedic Trauma Surgery 15.0 (n = 3) 66.7 (n = 2)
C-Mac
Anesthesiology 45.6 (n = 52) < 0.001 51.9 (n = 27) 0.01
Internal Medicine 75.6 (n = 31) 83.9 (n = 26)
Orthopedic Trauma Surgery 85.0 (n = 17) 58.8 (n = 10)
McGrath
Anesthesiology 12.3 (n = 14) 0.19 50 (n = 7) 0.60
Internal Medicine 7.3 (n = 3) (66.7 (n = 2)
Orthopedic Trauma Surgery 0.0 (n = 0) 0 (n = 0)