Anesthesiologists get a course on localizing the cricothyroid membrane on a human using ultrasonography. Thereafter their ability to localize the cricothyroid membrane with either palpation or ultrasonography, in a randomised fashion, is tested.
The ability to localize the cricothyroid membrane on patients before airway management is crucial in order to be able to follow the difficult airway algorithms. Studies have show a high failure rate when anesthesiologists rely on palpation. In this study Anesthesiologists get an e-learning course, get literature to study , and get a theoretical course and a hands-on course in using ultrasound for localizing the cricothyroid membrane. . Thereafter their ability to localize the cricothyroid membrane with either palpation or ultrasonography, in a randomised fashion, is tested.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
44
Rigshospitalet, Denmark
Copenhagen, Denmark
rate of success of localizing the cricothyroid membrane with ultrasound and palpation
the rate of success is measured
Time frame: december 2012
time to localise the cricothyroid membrane with ultrasonography and palpation
time measure for both ultrasonographic and palpation method
Time frame: december 2012
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