Laryngeal Mask Airway and Tracheal Tube Insertion by Unskilled Personnel

摘要: Abstract After a short training programme 11 naval medical trainees inserted laryngeal mask airway (LMA) and tracheal tube (ETT) in random order total of 110 anaesthetised patients. They were allowed 40 s for each attempt. Success was defined as the detection expired carbon dioxide within Guedel removal which subsequently rose to an end-tidal value at least 4 kPa, together with satisfactory lung expansion ventilation, without other intervention by anaesthetist. 104 LMA insertions successful compared 56 ETTs (p