Table 1.
Treatment times of the individual airway management tasks. Values are mean (±SD) n:14, p values are for comparisons between the two three respiratory protective equipment groups [VL (videolaryngoscopy), FOI (fibreoptic intubation)].
| Control seconds |
Powered respirator seconds |
Full Face respirator seconds |
NR FFP3 Mask seconds |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airtraq intubation | 6.1 (4.4) | 5.4 (3.1) | 6.1 (5.6) | 7.7 (7.6) | 0.243 |
| VL intubation | 11.4 (9.0) | 7.7 (4.3) | 9.8 (8.4) | 12.7 (9.8) | 0.036 |
| FOI intubation | 16.6 (7.8) | 13.8 (6.7) | 13.6 (8.1) | 16.9 (9.2) | 0.105 |
| Mac intubation | 8.1 (3.5) | 6.5 (5.6) | 6.2 (4.2) | 8.0 (4.4) | 0.090 |
| Donning | (0) | 33.8 (8.3) | 33.4 (9.5) | 30.7 (10.4) | 0.250 |
| Number of failures | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |