Table 3 Intubation equipment and alternate intubation equipment in the Japanese emergency departments (EDs) that responded to the surveya
Equipment item | N (%) |
|---|---|
Direct laryngoscope and adjunct equipmentb | |
 Curved laryngoscope blade (Macintosh type) | 324 (100) |
 Assorted sizes | 319 (98.5) |
 Straight laryngoscope blade (Miller type) | 179 (55.2) |
 Assorted sizes | 159 (49.1) |
 McCoy laryngoscope | 55 (17.0) |
 Stylet | 321 (99.1) |
 Gum elastic bougie | 159 (49.1) |
Alternate intubation equipment | |
 Rigid video laryngoscopeb | 285 (88.0) |
 Airway scope® | 228 (70.4) |
 McGRATH MAC® | 162 (50.0) |
 GlideScope® | 11 (3.4) |
 C-MAC® | 10 (3.1) |
 King Vision® | 6 (1.9) |
 Other | 8 (2.5) |
 Flexible fiberscope | 195 (60.2) |
 Retrograde intubation kit | 9 (2.8) |
 Surgical airway equipment | 310 (95.7) |
 Cricothyroidotomy kit | 246 (75.9) |
 Only scalpel and hemostat | 64 (19.8) |