Dhimitri A Nikolla, Joseph Offenbacher, Michael D April, Silas W Smith, Anthony Battista, Scott A Ducharme, Jestin N Carlson, Calvin A Brown
STUDY OBJECTIVE: Prior work has found first-attempt success improves with emergency medicine (EM) postgraduate year (PGY). However, the association between PGY and laryngoscopic view - a key step in successful intubation - is unknown. We examined the relationship among PGY, laryngoscopic view (ie, Cormack-Lehane view), and first-attempt success. METHODS: We performed a retrospective analysis of the National Emergency Airway Registry, including adult intubations by EM PGY 1 to 4 resident physicians...
April 18, 2024: Annals of Emergency Medicine