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Table 2 Participants’ meantimes to successful intubation (seconds(SD) [medians])

From: Comparison of five video-assisted intubation devices by novice and expert laryngoscopists for use in the aeromedical evacuation environment

Condition	Name of devices					K-W P-value
Condition	Airtraq	AWS	C-MAC	Coopdech	GlideScope	K-W P-value
Novice group
NAL Stanchion	14.1 (7.5)[12.5]	15.0 (13.1)[15.0]	17.9 (29.8)[10.4]	14.0 (9.9)[10.9]	17.1 (11.6)[14.1]	0.790
NAL Ground	9.3 (4.6)[9.0]	13.4 (13.5)[9.2]	31.6 (33.0)[16.4]	20.1 (34.7)[11.8]	17.9 (13.6)[13.1]	0.002
DAL Stanchion	13.6 (7.6)[11.9]	10.8 (6.4)[8.9]	23.8 (30.1)[11.2]	19.8 (27.9)[1.1]	22.6 (21.6)[15.1]	0.010
DAL Ground	42.8 (65.3)[14.5]	17.9 (12.4)[16.0]	48.4 (36.3)[39.5]	47.5 (37.4)[35.1]	34.3 (39.4)[22.0]	<0.001
DAB Stanchion	14.3 (7.6)[9.7]	8.5 (5.2)[6.9]	16.9 (11.3)[14.1]	24.3 (58.1)[10.4]	18.4 (16.4)[12.2]	<0.001
DAB Ground	23.0 (48.8)[11.2]	10.8 (6.7)[8.7]	31.0 (27.7)[25.4]	19.0 (18.8)[14.3]	19.8 (10.4)[17.4]	<0.001
Expert group
NAL stanchion	15.6 (10.5)[13.8]	20.5 (21.0)[13.9]	19.0 (46.3)[9.8]	23.2 (18.8)[15.9]	13.0 (9.1)[10.9]	0.410
NAL ground	10.8 (6.3)[9.6]	12.0 (10.6)[8.4]	12.9 (7.8)[11.1]	14.0 (9.1)[10.8]	9.7 (3.3)[9.7]	0.760
DAL stanchion	11.9 (5.6)[9.8]	12.2 (9.7)[9.8]	18.7 (14.5)[12.6]	14.7 (8.5)[11.5]	15.8 (9.3)[14.0]	0.350
DAL ground	17.6 (7.6)[18.0]	30.1 (93.3)[10.9]	28.5 (21.9)[18.3]	38.0 (37.9)[22.4]	17.2 (5.7)[17.1]	0.011
DAB stanchion	11.3 (6.0)[9.8]	11.6 (13.5)[6.5]	19.0 (22.5)[12.9]	12.5 (5.6)[10.9]	12.4 (5.2)[11.0]	0.033
DAB ground	33.7 (67.7)[10.8]	16.2 (23.8)[11.1]	29.1 (22.9)[21.9]	26.6 (18.4)[17.4]	18.1 (15.8)[12.1]	0.029

NAL Normal airway with lights on, DAL Difficult airway with lights on, DAB Difficult airway with blackout conditions
All values are expressed in seconds (SD). P < 0.05 indicated statistical significance

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