Still not time! But we’re moving forward!

We launched several days ago the pool about which was the first choice when dealing with airways in a critical hill patient. Provocatively the pool was introduced by an announcement about the death of Direct Laringoscopy and the rising of Video Laryngoscopy as first choice. 

Here are the results!

So it’s stil not time? Yes, but we are moving toward an era where videolaryngoscopy will be the first choice.

Almost one third of the providers are already choosing video as the first choice in environments, prehospital, ER an critical care where this technology is still not widely available and where the classical airway management teaching is still dominated by direct laringoscopy. 

My personale thought is that direct laryngoscopy has to be part of the cultural and technical baggage of an emergency provider and has to be part of teaching courses but just as prelude to a clinical practice environment where technology and well trained professionals permit to use the best available device.