A description of teaching methods using an on-site instructor versus a distant site instructor to train laryngoscopy to medical students in Hanoi, Vietnam, from Omaha, Nebraska, by video communication

Table 1 Direct mentoring trial: airway training performed by on-site instructor on-site at HMU

	C/L view grade	Intubation time	Result	Confirmation method
Subject 1	1	34 s	+	Tracheal rings
Subject 2	1	42 s	+	Tracheal rings
Subject 3	1	24 s	+	Tracheal rings
Subject 4	NA	23 s	–	NA
Subject 5	1	16 s	+	Tracheal rings
Subject 6	1	43 s	+	Tracheal rings
Subject 7	3	108 s	–	NA
Subject 8	2	25 s	+	Tracheal rings
Total	5, grade 1; 1, grade 2; 1, grade 3; 0, grade 4; 1 NA	Average, 39.3 s	75 % success, 25 % fail	6-tracheal rings, 2-NA

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