Does seniority always correlate with simulated intubation performance? Comparing endotracheal intubation performance across medical students, residents, and physicians using a high-fidelity simulator.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Endotracheal intubation is crucial in emergency medical care and anaesthesia. Our study employed a high-fidelity simulator to explore differences in intubation success rate and other skills between junior and senior physicians.

Methods

We examined the performance of 50 subjects, including undergraduate students (UGY), postgraduate trainees (PGY), residents (R), and attending physicians (VS). Each participant performed 12 intubations (i.e. 3 devices x 4 scenarios) on a high-fidelity simulator. Main outcome measures included success rate, time for intubation, force applied on incisor and tongue, and Cormack Lehane grades.

Results

There was no primary effect of seniority on any outcome measure except success rate and Cormack Lehane grades. However, VS demonstr

SUBMITTER: Yau SY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8462689 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature