Patients who present with an unstable cervical spine following an accident need a general anesthesia for the necessary surgery.~Commonly, the management of the tracheal intubation is performed by a fiberoptic technique (historic gold standard technique).~However, changes in equipment availability and quality may challenge the fiberoptic intubation technique.~We wish to compare the tracheal intubations performed with the Airtraq in comparison with the fiberscopic technique.~Primary outcomes will be the changes in neurophysiologic responses monitored by a neurophysiologist in 5 specific phases:~Basal potential (BM): neuromonitoring while the patient is anesthetized, no movements~Ventilation potential (VM): neuromonitoring while the patient is anesthetized and a bag-mask ventilation is performed~Intubation potential (IP): neuromonitoring while the patient is being intubated with one of the two randomized devices~Post Intubation (PI): neuromonitoring after the patient has been intubated~Post Positioning (PP): neuromonitoring after the patient has been properly positioned on the operating table and is ready for surgery
Patients who present with an unstable cervical spine following an accident need a general anesthesia for the necessary surgery.~Commonly, the management of the tracheal intubation is performed by a fiberoptic technique.~However, changes in equipment availability and quality may challenge the fiberoptic intubation technique.~The investigators wish to compare the tracheal intubations performed with the Airtraq in comparison with the fiberscopic technique.