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In a prospective, randomized trial, investigators compared survival to hospital discharge for severely injured adults intubated with the GlideScope video laryngoscope (303 patients) or traditional direct laryngoscopy (320 patients) at a single trauma center. Anesthesia or emergency medicine residents with at least 1 year of experience intubated all patients using thiopental or etomidate for induction followed by succinylcholine. Patient characteristics, including injury type and severity, were similar for both groups, as was incidence of predicted difficult airway (assessed by Mallampati scores). Patients with suspected laryngeal trauma or extensive maxillofacial injury requiring immediate surgical airway, those with known or suspected spin…