Direct Laryngoscopy During Cervical Trauma

International Institute of Rescue Research and Education80 enrolled

Overview

The aim of this study was to compare time, success rates of different laryngoscope blades for intubation with an immobilized cervical spine in a standardized pediatric manikin model.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Trauma

Interventions

MILDEVICE

Direct laryngoscopy. Laryngoscopy with Miller blade

MACDEVICE

Direct laryngoscopy. Laryngoscopy with Macintosh blade

McCoyDEVICE

Direct laryngoscopy. Laryngoscopy with McCoy blade

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 65 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * give voluntary consent to participate in the study * minimum 1 year of work experience in emergency medicine * experienced emergency medicine personnel (physicians, nurses, paramedics) Exclusion Criteria: * not meet the above criteria * wrist or low back diseases

Locations (1)

International Institute of Rescue Research and Education

Warsaw, Masovia, Poland

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Success of intubation

effectiveness of first, second and third intubation attempts and overall effectiveness of intubation by participants

Time frame: 1 day

Secondary Outcomes

Intubation time

time in seconds required for a successful intubation attempt

Time frame: 1 day

Cormack-Lehane grading

self-reported percentage the vocal cord visualization using the Cormack-Lehane grading (grade 1-4)

Time frame: 1 day

Preferred ETI device

participants were asked which method of ETI they would prefer in a real-life resuscitation.

Time frame: 1day

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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