This study examines the effectiveness of utilizing video laryngoscopy to give real-time guidance during neonatal intubations to improve residents' success at performing intubations.
To evaluate whether residents who receive guidance from a supervisor concurrently viewing the neonate's airway via video laryngoscopy will have a higher rate of successful neonatal intubations than residents receiving guidance using traditional direct laryngoscopy. The investigators conducted a randomized controlled trial involving 48 first and second year pediatric and medicine-pediatric residents who received either video-facilitated (VDL) or traditional (TDL) supervisor guidance during direct laryngoscopy. Residents attempted intubations in the neonatal intensive care unit according to their randomization group. The primary outcome was a successful intubation that occurred within two attempts.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
48
Residents intubate using video laryngoscopy.
Residents intubate without using video laryngoscopy.
Number of Successful Intubations
A successful intubation is defined as the placement of an endotracheal tube in the infant's trachea within two attempts.
Time frame: 12 months
Number of successful intubations by resident year
Time frame: 12 months
Number of residents with successful intubations on the first and subsequent patients
Time frame: 12 months
Average length of time of intubation attempts
Time frame: 12 months
Number of both serious and non-serious adverse events
Time frame: 12 months
Number of successful intubations by residency program
Time frame: 12 months
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