Table 3.
Intubation equipment and alternate intubation equipment in the Japanese emergency departments (EDs) that responded to the surveya
| Equipment item | N (%) |
|---|---|
| Direct laryngoscope and adjunct equipmentb | |
| Curved laryngoscope blade (Macintosh type) | 324 (100) |
| Assorted sizes | 319 (98.5) |
| Straight laryngoscope blade (Miller type) | 179 (55.2) |
| Assorted sizes | 159 (49.1) |
| McCoy laryngoscope | 55 (17.0) |
| Stylet | 321 (99.1) |
| Gum elastic bougie | 159 (49.1) |
| Alternate intubation equipment | |
| Rigid video laryngoscopeb | 285 (88.0) |
| Airway scope® | 228 (70.4) |
| McGRATH MAC® | 162 (50.0) |
| GlideScope® | 11 (3.4) |
| C-MAC® | 10 (3.1) |
| King Vision® | 6 (1.9) |
| Other | 8 (2.5) |
| Flexible fiberscope | 195 (60.2) |
| Retrograde intubation kit | 9 (2.8) |
| Surgical airway equipment | 310 (95.7) |
| Cricothyroidotomy kit | 246 (75.9) |
| Only scalpel and hemostat | 64 (19.8) |
aBased on the replies of 324 of the 530 EDs queried
bEDs may have more than one of the specified equipment items