Ultrasonography Versus Palpation for Identification of the Cricothyroid Membrane

Rigshospitalet, Denmark40 enrolled

Overview

After a structured teaching program anaesthetists are educated in identifying the cricothyroid membrane with ultrasonography. Thereafter their ability to do so is compared with their ability to do so with palpation. In an obese volunteer

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Airway Obstruction

Interventions

Marking the cricothyroid membrane after ultrasoundOTHER

Ultrasonography is applied to the subjects neck in order to identify the cricothyroid membrane - subsequently the membrane is marked with a pen

Marking of the cricothyroid membrane after PalpationPROCEDURE

Palpation is applied to the subjects neck in order to identify the cricothyroid membrane- subsequently the membrane is marked with a pen

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * BMI \> 40 * Female Exclusion Criteria: * Age below 18

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Frequency of correct identification of the cricothyroid membrane

The fraction of cases where the cricothyroid membrane is identified correctly

Time frame: "2 min"

Secondary Outcomes

time to correct identification of the cricothyroid membrane

The time consumed for correct identification of the cricothyroid membrane

Time frame: "2 min"

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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