EMS-physicians' self reported airway management training and expertise; a descriptive study from the Central Region of Denmark

Table 6 The availability of different airway back-up device as reported by other investigators

	Laryngeal Mask	Intubation Laryngeal Mask	Larynxtube	Combitube	Gum-elastic-bougie	Surgical airway
Hüter (Thuringia,D) [29]	36		10	5		100
Schmid (Baveria, D) [24]	26	7	26	18		71
Genzwürker (Baden- Württemberg, D) [20]	51	1	68,3*			70
Timmermann (Northern Germany) [26]	37,1	6,1	15,5*			57,8
Schmid (UK) [30]	73	8	23*		69	62
Current study (DK)	100	100	0	0	100	100

Numbers are percentage of the investigated EMS/HEMS in each study who carry the device
* Larynxtube and Combitube reported together

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