Will Video Laryngoscopy become the norm?

[u/Radiant_Alchemist]

I love VL. They make standard laryngoscopes look brutal. They're less traumatizing, they give a better view, they have a better first-pass success. Sure you need to learn direct laryngoscopy but let's say in 5 years from now will they be used as routine in OR and ER intubations? Or will they be saved for hard cases?

I've been told that the equipment tends to suck and that we won't have VL as available as in the current department that I'm working so I should stick to Macintosh and McCoy.

[u/Aquamans_Dad]

I think it has been the norm for at least ten years. 

Why subject patients in an emergency situation to an inferior method when a superior method is readily available? 

[u/adoradear → u/[deleted]]

DL is important to know. Occ you’ve got a bloody/messy airway and video will fail you. Both are important. Most of the time VL is superior, but not always.