The Availability of Advanced Airway Equipment and Experience with Videolaryngoscopy in the UK: Two UK Surveys
Table 2
Videolaryngoscopy availability data from Surveys I and II and UK device release date.
List of devices
Date available to UK
Number of hospitals with device available in 2010
Respondents with device available for use in 2012 Number (percentage)
Respondents who have used device more than 10 times
Respondents who are happy to use the device in a potentially difficult airway
Respondents who are confident to teach use of the device
Respondents who are not happy to use this device
Airtraq
2006
40 (19.3)
319 (59.6)
147 (27.5)
191 (35.7)
188 (35.1)
110 (20.6)
AP Advance
2011
61 (11.4)
24 (4.5)
50 (9.3)
44 (8.2)
297 (55.5)
Bonfils
2005
3 (1.4)
102 (19.1)
34 (6.4)
50 (9.3)
39 (7.3)
282 (52.7)
C-MAC
2008
5 (2.4)
110 (20.5)
71 (13.3)
101 (18.9)
105 (19.6)
214 (40.0)
Glidescope
2009
24 (11.6)
176 (32.9)
143 (26.7)
156 (29.2)
146 (27.3)
129 (24.1)
King Vision
2011
4 (0.7)
5 (0.9)
4 (0.7)
6 (1.1)
348 (65.0)
McGrath Series 5
2006
20 (9.7)
67 (12.5)
47 (8.8)
51 (9.5)
56 (10.5%)
247 (46.2)
McGrath MAC
2010
47 (8.8)
36 (6.7)
41 (7.7)
46 (8.6)
256 (47.9)
Pentax AWS
2006
15 (7.2)
46 (8.3)
35 (6.5)
52 (9.7)
46 (8.6)
263 (49.2)
Shikani
1999
2 (1.0)
7 (1.3)
Not specified
42 (20.3)
Results are number of respondents (%). Denominators 207 respondents Survey I (2010) [some hospitals had more than 1 device], 535 respondents Survey II (2012). In Survey II, all optical stylets were included in a “Bonfils or other optical stylet” category. Where respondents specifically identified the Shikani, this was listed additionally to allow comparison with the 2010 data where Shikani was identified by 2 respondents. The Shikani availability date is when it was available in the USA.
