Participant characteristics
Thirty participants were recruited; 9 (30%) anaesthetic/ICU junior and
senior medical staff, 20 (67%) Operating Department Practitioners,
Assistant Theatre Practitioners and ICU nurses and 1 (3%) student
Operating Department Practitioner (Table 1). Seven (23%) participants
had experience in applying cricoid pressure 1-10 times, 11 (37%) 10-100
times and 12 (40%) over 100 times.