Table 2 Characteristics of each individual intubation attempt determined by level of experience.
Inexperience | Prior experience | p Value | |
---|---|---|---|
Number of intubations | 26 | 31 | |
Success rate (%) | 38 | 74 | 0.029 |
Duration of each attempt (seconds) | 49 (29) | 36 (23) | 0.09 |
Number of desaturations <80% | 17 | 12 | 0.04 |
Duration of desaturation (seconds) | 21 (38) | 14 (35) | 0.5 |
Lowest saturation (%) | 66 (22) | 77 (20) | 0.07 |
Number of bradycardia <100 beats/min | 2 | 1 | 0.4 |
Values are number or mean (SD).