Fiberoptic Orotracheal Intubation on Anesthetized Patients

BACKGROUND: With increasing pressure to use operating room time efficiently, opportunities for residents to learn fiberoptic orotracheal intubation in the operating room have declined. The purpose of this study was to determine whether fiberoptic orotracheal intubation skills learned outside the operating room on a simple model could be transferred into the clinical setting. METHODS: First-year anesthesiology residents and first- and …