Number of units (%) | |
---|---|
Standard airway Use of muscle relaxants for every intubation? | |
Yes | 36 (61%) |
No | 23 (39%) |
Reasons for non-routine use muscle relaxants? | |
Elective intubation | 23 (100%) |
Type of muscle relaxant | |
Suxamethonium | 42 (71%) |
Atracurium | 10 (17%) |
Vecuronium | 4 (7%) |
Atracurium or pancuronium | 2 (3%) |
Suxamethonium or pancuronium | 1 (2%) |
Type of sedation | |
Analgesia (fentanyl or morphine) | 48 (81%) |
Propofol | 6 (10%) |
Midazolam | 5 (9%) |
Limitation of intubation attempts | |
Exact limit=2 | 31 (53%) |
Exact limit=3 | 30 (51%) |
Oropharyngeal airway use for airway management on neonatal intensive care unit | 30 (51%) |
ETCO2 | |
Colour-change ETCO2 for ETT placement confirmation | 39 (66%) |
Routine use of colour-change ETCO2 | 20 (34%) |
Non-routine use of colour-change ETCO2 (used if poor HR/SaO2 postintubation or lack of confidence in ETT position) | 19 (32%) |
Difficult airway | |
Possession of a difficult airway kit | 40 (68%) |
Possession of a departmental CICV algorithm? | 4 (7%) |
Use of LMA if in CICV scenario | 9 (15%) |
CICV, cannot intubate and cannot ventilate; ETCO2, End tidal carbon dioxide; LMA, laryngeal mask airway; SaO2, oxygen saturations.