Introduction. Indirect video laryngoscopes are altering the landscape of airway management. The primary aim of this prospective randomized patient simulator analysis was to objectively compare video laryngoscopes to standard airway management techniques in novice users. Methods. "First year medical students were exposed to high-fidelity simulated normal and difficult airway scenarios while usin...

Video laryngoscopy has directly impacted airway management, with numerous studies demonstrating its utility in clinical management of anatomically difficult airways. However, availability video laryngoscopes all areas been limited by the relatively high cost. We used smartphone technology, miniature cameras and three-dimensional printing to design create an innovative low-cost hyperangulated la...

The C-MAC video laryngoscope substantially reduced poor glottic views and increased intubation success in ICU patients with at least one predictor for difficult intubation. However, all video-assisted and optical intubation devices have different view angles, thus producing different images with particular distortion, and even experts in 'old-fashioned' airway management need a substantial leve...

Following the introduction of the straight (Miller, 1941) and curved (Macintosh, 1942) laryngoscope blades, laryngoscopy had remained largely unchanged for more than 50 years. With the development of rigid fiberoptic laryngoscopes—the first generation of video laryngoscopes—clinicians benefited from advances such as eyepieces that could be attached to optional video cameras, such as the Bullard...