Setting
Pain
EMERGENCY
The main trial site is the Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine, Emergency Therapy and Pain Therapy at the University Hospital of Wuerzburg. Further participating sites will be located at the departments of anaesthesiology of hospitals of primary and maximum care in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Data collection will take place during the induction of anaesthesia prior to elective surgical procedures under general anaesthesia and, after the operation, in the peri-anaesthesiologic ward.Inclusion criteria.Adult patientsScheduled for elective, non-cardiac surgical procedureNeed for endotracheal intubation as determined during the premedication visitCare providers performing the intubation will have at least one year of training in anaesthesiology and sufficient experience in the use of all devices tested.Exclusion criteria.Previous participation in this studyPregnancyNeed for fibreoptic intubationPatients scheduled for bariatric surgeryAny circumstance that will lead the anaesthesiologist(s) in charge to believe (before randomization)That random assignment of a laryngoscopy instrument may compromise patient safety during induction of anaesthesia.