PO-0753 Videolaryngoscopy As An Intubation Training Tool For Neonatal Trainees – A Randomised Controlled Trial

Abstract

Endotracheal intubation is a mandatory skill for neonatal trainees. However, it is difficult to learn and junior trainees have success rates <50%. Videolaryngoscopy allows the instructor to share the same view of the pharynx as the trainee. We compared intubations guided by an instructor watching a videolaryngoscope screen with the traditional method where the instructor does not have this view. An unblinded randomised, controlled trial (ANZCTR number 12613000159752) at a tertiary neonatal centre commenced March 2013. Eligible intubations were those performed on infants in the delivery room or in the neonatal intensive care unit, by trainees with less than six months of tertiary neonatal exp..