Table 2

Airway scores, number of intubation attempts and average time to intubation using the Boedeker versus the Bonfils Fiberscope

Test

Boedeker Fiberscope

Bonfils Fiberscope

P value

Cormack Lehane Airway Score

Median (Grade I, II, III, IV)

n = 21

I (18,2,1,0)

n = 21

I (13,4,2,2)

0.34

Average # of intubation attempts

n = 22

1.09 ± 0.43

n = 22

1.09 ± 0.29

1.00

Average Time to Intubation (seconds)

n = 19

17.66 ± 10.84

n = 18

21.81 ± 11.65

0.27

Boedeker et al. BMC Emergency Medicine 2010 10:11   doi:10.1186/1471-227X-10-11