Direct Laryngoscopy During Cervical Trauma

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Trauma
• Interventions: Device: MIL; Device: MAC; Device: McCoy

• Registration Number: NCT02292693
• Lead Sponsor: International Institute of Rescue Research and Education

Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2014-11
• Study Start: 2014-11
• Primary Completion: 2014-11
• Study Completion: 2014-11
• Study First Submitted: 2014-11-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-11-14
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-11-14
• Study First Posted: 2014-11-17
• Last Update Posted: 2014-11-17

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 80

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
intubation with immobilized cervical spine	MIL	endotracheal intubation with immobilized cervical spine
intubation with immobilized cervical spine	McCoy	endotracheal intubation with immobilized cervical spine
intubation with immobilized cervical spine	MAC	endotracheal intubation with immobilized cervical spine

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Success of intubation	1 day	effectiveness of first, second and third intubation attempts and overall effectiveness of intubation by participants

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Intubation time	1 day	time in seconds required for a successful intubation attempt
Cormack-Lehane grading	1 day	self-reported percentage the vocal cord visualization using the Cormack-Lehane grading (grade 1-4)
Preferred ETI device	1day	participants were asked which method of ETI they would prefer in a real-life resuscitation.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

International Institute of Rescue Research and Education; 🇵🇱 Warsaw, Masovia, Poland