Literature shows that anaesthetists have a low success-rate when trying to access the airway percutaneously in case of failed ventilation and intubation. The study will investigate anaesthetists ability to locate the trachea and the thyroid cartilage and the cricoid cartilage in patients, using different methods including application of ultrasonography.
Literature shows that anaesthetists have a low success-rate when trying to access the airway percutaneously in case of failed ventilation and intubation. The researchers will investigate anaesthetists ability to locate the trachea and the thyroid cartilage and the cricoid cartilage of a healthy subject with different methods including application of ultrasonography.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
42
The airway is identified with inspection and imaging technique (ultrasound) by placing the ultrasound transducer over the thyroid cartilage and from there moving distally
The airway is identified with inspection and imaging technique (ultrasound) by placing the ultrasound transducer over the distal trachea and moving cranially
Rigshospitalet, department of anaesthesia
Copenhagen, Denmark
Rigshospitalet, section for anaesthesia for ENT and Maxillofacial surgery, section 3071
Copenhagen, Denmark
time to identify the structures necessary for percutaneous airway acess
Time frame: two minutes after initiation of the attempt to identify the airway structures
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