Introduction
Materials and methods
Study design and sites
Survey items
Outcome measures
Statistical analysis
Results
Equipment item |
N (%) |
---|---|
Direct laryngoscope and adjuncta
| |
Curved laryngoscope blade (Macintosh type) | 42 (100) |
Pediatric size | 39 (92.9) |
Straight laryngoscope blade (Miller type) | 31 (73.8) |
Pediatric size | 31 (73.8) |
McCoy laryngoscope | 0 (0) |
Stylet | 41 (97.6) |
Gum elastic bougie | 14 (33.3) |
Alternative intubation equipment | |
Rigid video laryngoscopea
| 39 (92.9) |
Airway scope®
| 33 (78.6) |
McGRATH MAC®
| 12 (28.6) |
King Vision®
| 1 (2.4) |
Airtraq®
| 1 (2.4) |
Flexible fiber scope | 3 (7.1) |
Retrograde intubation kit | 1 (2.4) |
Surgical airway equipment | 42 (100) |
Cricothyroidotomy kit | 26 (61.9) |
Scalpel and hemostat | 16 (38.1) |
Alternative ventilation equipmenta
| |
Supraglottic airway device | 7 (16.7) |
Pediatric size | 5 (11.9) |
Intubating laryngeal mask airway | 2 (4.8) |
Oral airway | 21 (50.0) |
Pediatric size | 16 (38.1) |
Nasal airway | 36 (85.7) |
Pediatric size | 8 (19.0) |
Device to confirm endotracheal intubationa
| |
Capnometry | 28 (66.7) |
Esophageal detector | 7 (16.7) |
Any other devices | 4 (9.5) |
Packaging unit containing items 1–4 | |
Complete packaging | 16 (38.1) |
Partial packaging | 15 (35.7) |
No packaging | 11 (26.2) |
Item |
N (%) |
---|---|
Analgesicsa
| |
Fentanyl | 13 (31.0) |
Morphine | 16 (38.1) |
Ketamine | 12 (28.6) |
Pentazocin | 25 (59.5) |
Buprenorphine | 15 (35.7) |
Lidocaine | 29 (69.0) |
Lidocaine spray | 6 (14.3) |
Any other analgesic | 0 (0) |
Sedativesa
| |
Midazolam | 39 (92.9) |
Diazepam | 38 (90.5) |
Propofol | 10 (23.8) |
Thiopental | 4 (9.5) |
Haloperidol | 2 (4.8) |
Any other sedatives | 0 (0) |
Neuromuscular blocking agentsa
| |
Rocuronium | 19 (45.2) |
Vecuronium | 18 (42.9) |
Pancuronium | 0 (0) |
Succinylcholine | 0 (0) |
Any other neuromuscular blocking agents | 0 (0) |
Reversal agentsa
| |
Sugammadex | 5 (11.9) |
Flumazenil | 1 (2.4) |
Naloxone | 1 (2.4) |
Item |
N (%) |
---|---|
On-board staff members
|
N = 42 |
Two physicians and one nurse | 6 (14.3) |
One physician and one nurse | 20 (47.6) |
One physician, one nurse, and one on-the-job trainee | 16 (38.1) |
Board certification of on-board physicians
b
|
N = 347 |
Emergency medicine | 263 (75.8) |
General surgery | 54 (15.6) |
Intensive care | 52 (15.0) |
Anesthesiology | 35 (10.1) |
Cranial surgery | 16 (4.6) |
Orthopedics | 14 (4.0) |
Cardiovascular medicine | 14 (4.0) |
Respiratory medicine | 4 (1.2) |
Any other board certifications | 55 (15.9) |
Certification of on-board nurses
b
|
N = 326 |
Emergency nursing | 58 (17.8) |
Intensive care | 3 (0.9) |
Pediatric emergency nursing | 1 (0.3) |
Any other certifications | 5 (1.5) |
Number of dispatches (year) | Region | Foundation date | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) |
N (%) |
N (%) | |||||||
≥447 N = 21 | <447 N = 21 |
p
a
| East N = 22 | West N = 20 |
p
a
| 2001–2009 N = 19 | 2010–2015 N = 23 |
p
a
| |
Can call for help | 3 (14.3) | 3 (14.3) | 1.00 | 4 (18.2) | 2 (10.0) | 0.67 | 2 (10.5) | 4 (17.4) | 0.67 |
Supraglottic airway device available | 2 (9.5) | 5 (23.8) | 0.41 | 5 (22.7) | 2 (10.0) | 0.41 | 3 (15.8) | 4 (17.4) | 1.00 |
Capnometry available | 14 (66.7) | 14 (66.7) | 1.00 | 17 (77.3) | 11 (55.0) | 0.19 | 13 (68.4) | 15 (65.2) | 1.00 |