Table 2. Airway Management Outcomes Overall And Stratified By Cardiac Arrest.
| All Patients | Cardiac Arrest | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| All Patients |
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| No | Yes | ||
| N=7,523 | N=4,864 | N=2,659 | |
| Final airway outcome—N (%) | |||
| Endotracheal intubation | 7,433 (98.8%) | 4,806 (98.8%) | 2,627 (98.8%) |
| Surgical cricothyrotomy | 27 (0.4%) | 16 (0.3%) | 11 (0.4%) |
| Needle jet ventilation | 3 (<0.1%) | 0 | 3 (0.1%) |
| Bag-valve-mask ventilation | 60 (0.8%) | 42 (0.9%) | 18 (0.7%) |
| No. of attempts to achieve successful intubation—N (%) | |||
| 1 | 5,807 (78%) | 3,910 (81%) | 1,897 (72%) |
| 2 | 1,265 (17%) | 711 (15%) | 554 (21%) |
| ≥3 | 361 (5%) | 185 (4%) | 176 (7%) |
| Laryngeal viewa: Cormack and Lehane grade—N (%) | |||
| Grade 1 | 2,723 (41%) | 1,902 (44%) | 821 (36%) |
| 2 | 2,281 (35%) | 1,471 (34%) | 810 (35%) |
| 3 | 1,085 (16%) | 645 (15%) | 440 (19%) |
| 4 | 546 (8%) | 325 (7%) | 221 (10%) |
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Best laryngeal view on the first intubation attempt. Data are missing for 886 patients (12%). Grade 1 is the most favorable view (full vocal cords seen) and grade 4 is least favorable (epiglottis not seen) for endotracheal intubation.