DocumentCode :
3298468
Title :
Ergonomic assisted direct laryngoscopic intubation: Headup display, wireless camera and fiberoptic With resistance to fouling
Author :
Rosenbloom, Alan John ; Park, Jung Hwan ; Park, Sooho ; Subrebost, George Lopez ; Shimada, Kenji
Author_Institution :
Inst. For Complex Eng. Syst., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA
fYear :
2009
fDate :
9-11 April 2009
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
5
Abstract :
Endotracheal intubation, or placement of a tube into the airway (windpipe), is a commonly performed procedure. In most cases it can be managed with simple equipment by persons with basic training. However, in 1 - 5% of intubation attempts under controlled conditions and up to 10 - 30% of attempts during emergencies and out-of-hospital cases, there is ldquothe difficult airway.rdquo This situation is marked by inability to either see the airway entrance (vocal cords) or to get a tube past them. New devices with optical systems are making difficult airway access much safer. However, there is still a tendency for optical systems to become fouled by secretions or blood and ergonomic problems persist. In this paper we present a prototype device designed to address these issues.
Keywords :
endoscopes; ergonomics; optical fibres; airway; blood secretions; direct laryngoscopic intubation; endotracheal intubation; ergonomics; fiberoptic; fouling resistance; headup display; vocal cords; windpipe; wireless camera; Blood; Cameras; Disaster management; Displays; Ergonomics; Fluids and secretions; Management training; Optical devices; Optical fiber devices; Prototypes;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Complex Medical Engineering, 2009. CME. ICME International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tempe, AZ
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3315-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3316-2
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICCME.2009.4906650
Filename :
4906650
Link To Document :
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