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Table 1 Numbers of attempts, failures and reasons to fail for each emergency physician

From: Use of the GlideScope®-Ranger for pre-hospital intubations by anaesthesia trained emergency physicians – an observational study

 

Reasons for a failed GlideScope® Ranger aided intubation

EP

Patients attempted to intubate with GS-R

Failures

Laryngoscopy

Proficiency

Patient

1

2

1

1L

  

2

8

3

2S + 1L

  

3

9

2

2S

  

4

11

0

   

5

4

3

2S

1

 

6

2

0

   

7

1

0

   

8

2

0

   

9

3

2

2S

  

10

1

0

   

11

3

2

1S

1

 

12

9

5

2S

2

1

13

1

1

 

1

 
  1. Sfailure due to regurgitation/secretion; L failure due to sunlight