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Table 2 Mean average time to establishing a definitive airway compared to previous experience of the operator in handling an inadvertent prone extubation

From: Emergency airway management in the prone position: an observational mannequin-based simulation study

Airway

Previous experience of inadvertent prone extubation (number of participants)

Mean average time to insertion in sec (SD)

SAD

No (16)

18.2 (3.8)

 

Yes (5)

17.9 (8.3)

CMAC

No (16)

78.0 (36.6)

 

Yes (5)

78.2 (21.1)

FOB

No (16)

60.5 (26.7)

 

Yes (5)

47.4 (15.6)

  1. SAD supraglottic airway device, CMAC video laryngoscope, FOB fiber-optic bronchoscope