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Table 1 First attempt time (seconds) for each device

From: A pilot, prospective trial of IntuBrite® versus Macintosh direct laryngoscopy for paramedic endotracheal intubation in out of hospital cardiac arrest

 

Intubation device

IntuBrite

Macintosh

Arithmetic mean

13.49

15.55

Standard deviation

3.00

3.48

Minimum

9.86

9.87

Lower quartile

11.37

12.84

Median

12.92

15.84

Upper quartile

14.50

17.85

Maximum

22.25

23.16

Kolmogorov-Smirnov test

D = 0.1607, df = 34, p = 0.3096

D = 0.1060, df = 29, p = 0.8670

Fisher-Snedecor F-test

F = 0.7429, p = 0.4106

Student’s t-test

t = 2.5190, df = 61, p = 0.0144