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Table 3 Demographics of the participants

From: Does the revised intubating laryngeal tube (ILTS-D2) perform better than the intubating laryngeal mask (Fastrach)? – a randomised simulation research study

 

Fastrach

ILTSD-2

Number of participants (percentage of the samplea)

Number of participants (percentage of the samplea)

Age on years

median

27 (50%)

27 (50%)

Sex

female/male

30 (48%)/ 33 (52%)

40 (64%)/ 23 (37%)

Experience of tracheal intubation

None

31 (49%)

31 (49%)

1–10

23 (37%)

26 (41%)

11–50

8 (13%)

6 (10%)

51–100

1 (2%)

0

Experience of laryngeal mask

None

31 (49%)

35 (56%)

1–10

22 (35%)

16 (25%)

11–50

10 (16%)

11 (18%)

51–100

0

1 (2%)

Experience of laryngeal tube

None

49 (78%)

45 (71%)

1–10

11 (18%)

10 (16%)

11–50

3 (5%)

7 (11%)

51–100

0

1 (2%)

Additional airway experience

None

41 (65%)

45 (71%)

Anaesthesiologic clerkship

17 (27%)

15 (24%)

Anaesthesiologic elective

4 (6%)

3 (5%)

Anaesth. clerkship and elective

1 (2%)

0

Previous professional experience

None

45 (71%)

44 (70%)

Emergency medical technician

4 (6%)

4 (6%)

Paramedic

9 (14%)

13 (21%)

Nurse

4 (6%)

1 (2%)

Specialised anaesthestetic nurse

1 (2%)

0

Special. anaesth. Nurse + paramedic

0

1 (2%)

  1. asum of percent occasionally exceeds 100 due to mathematical rounding