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Optimisation Strategy for Emergency Tracheal Intubation

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Emergencies
Out-of-hospital Setting
Tracheal Intubation
Interventions
Other: Data patient
Other: Physical examination
Registration Number
NCT05539391
Lead Sponsor
University Hospital, Bordeaux
Brief Summary

This study has to objective to assess, in adults' patients needing tracheal intubation because of vital distress, the effect of a combined strategy to reduce intubation-related morbidity. This strategy will associate systematic use of rocuronium as paralyzing agent to facilitate tracheal intubation, bag face-mask ventilation before intubation and Gum Elastic Bougie (GEB) use.

Detailed Description

Several studies have reported positive impact of some interventions on the tracheal intubation-related complications incidence. Providing bag face-mask ventilation between medication administration and initiation of laryngoscopy significantly reduced the number of peri intubation hypoxemia episodes. The use of a non-depolarizing (rocuronium) paralytic agent instead of succinylcholine is associated with less post-intubation complications occurrence. Finally, use of a tracheal tube introducer (GEB) as an aid for intubation in emergency patients with at least one prognostic factor of difficult laryngoscopy has been shown to facilitate intubation. Assessment of a strategy combining these three interventions to reduce intubation related morbidity in emergency situations has never been assessed. It is expected that the combination of these interventions will drastically reduce the morbidity associated with emergency intubation. The strategy assessed will associate rocuronium use as paralyzing agent to facilitate intubation, bag mask ventilation before intubation and GEB use at first intubation attempt in all patients. The emergency physician in charge of the patients will record out-of hospital outcomes immediately after the out-of-hospital period. Intra-hospital data will be retrieved from the patient's medical record on the 28th day after inclusion.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
1500
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patient adult (≥ 18 years) presenting with vital distress requiring emergency tracheal intubation as assessed by the emergency physician in the out-of-hospital setting.
  • Patient with all conditions (trauma, dyspnea, coma, overdoses, and shock) except those in cardiac arrest will be included.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Patient presenting of a contraindication to succinylcholine, and/or rocuronium, and/or sugammadex (rocunorium antagonist).
  • Patient who have contraindication to bag face mask ventilation before intubation (ongoing emesis, hematemesis, or hemoptysis).
  • Patient that are not members of a medical aid scheme (beneficiary or main member).
  • Patient under specific protection measures: pregnant, parturient or nursing women; legal protection or deprived of liberty: patient under judicial protection, patient under guardianship/curatorship.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Control GroupData patientPhysicians will be reminded of the current recommendations for emergency intubation: Rapid sequence intubation (RSI) using succinylcholine and use of GEB to facilitate intubation in case of intubation failure under direct laryngoscopy.
Treatment groupData patientCombination rapid sequence intubation (RSI) with use of rocuronium and the bag-mask ventilation between induction and Gum Elastic Bougie GEB will be systematically used at the first attempt to facilitate intubation.
Control GroupPhysical examinationPhysicians will be reminded of the current recommendations for emergency intubation: Rapid sequence intubation (RSI) using succinylcholine and use of GEB to facilitate intubation in case of intubation failure under direct laryngoscopy.
Treatment groupPhysical examinationCombination rapid sequence intubation (RSI) with use of rocuronium and the bag-mask ventilation between induction and Gum Elastic Bougie GEB will be systematically used at the first attempt to facilitate intubation.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Severe intubation-related complications occurring during the first hour after intubationDay 0

Proportion of patients with severe intubation-related complications occurring during the first hour after intubation

The severe intubation-related complications are:

* Cardiac arrest.

* At least one arterial hypotension episode defined by systolic blood pressure\<90 mmHg.

* At least one hypoxemia episode defined by an occurrence of a new episode of oxygen.

* Saturation \< 90%.

* Severe cardiac arrhythmia: ventricular tachycardia.

* Pulmonary aspiration, reported by the physician.

* Esophageal intubation.

* Unintentional extubation. Severe intubation-related complications will be recorded by the emergency physician in charge of the patient.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Difficulty of the intubation process - Intubation failures under direct laryngoscopy.Day 0

Mean number of intubation failures under direct laryngoscopy.

Difficulty of the intubation process - Alternative techniques.Day 0

Proportion of patients intubated by alternative techniques.

Out-of hospital care : MortalityDay 0

Out-of-hospital mortality.

MortalityDay 28

Vital status

Difficulty of the intubation process - Intubation DifficultyDay 0

Intubation Difficulty Score (IDS). minimum values is 0 and the maximum values is dependent on the added elements.

Difficulty of the intubation process - Intubation conditions assessed by the CopenhagenDay 0

Intubation conditions assessed by the Copenhagen score - The value is clinically not acceptable and clinical acceptable

Difficulty of the intubation process - Intubation attemptsDay 0

Mean number of intubation attempts

Out-of hospital care -Time of out-of-hospital careDay 0

Mean time of out-of-hospital care (in minutes)

Out-of hospital care - vasopressorsDay 0

Mean total amount of vasopressors used after intubation

Out-of hospital care - sedative drugsDay 0

Mean total amount of sedative drugs used after intubation

Trial Locations

Locations (19)

CHU de la Réunion - site Sud

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Saint-Pierre, France

CH Carnelle Portes de l'Oise

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Beaumont-sur-Oise, France

CHU d'Angers

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Angers, France

AP-HP - Hôpital Avicenne

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Bobigny, France

CHU de Bordeaux - Hôpital Pellegrin

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Bordeaux, France

AP-HP - Hôpital Henri Mondor

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Créteil, France

CH de Pontoise René Dubos

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Cergy-Pontoise, France

GH Eaubonne Montmorency Hôpital Simone VEIL

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Eaubonne, France

HCL - Hôpital Edouard Herriot

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Lyon, France

AP-HP - Hôpital Raymond Poincaré

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Garches, France

CHU de Grenoble - Hôpital Nord La Tronche

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La Tronche, France

GH Sud Ile de France

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Melun, France

AP-HP - Hôpital Lariboisière

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Paris, France

CHU de Montpellier Site Lapeyronie

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Montpellier, France

AP-HP - Hôpital Pitié-Salpétrière

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Paris, France

CHU de Nantes - Hôpital Hôtel Dieu

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Nantes, France

AP-HP - Hôpital Necker

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Paris, France

CHU Poitiers - Hôpital la Milétrie

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Poitiers, France

CHU Toulouse - Hôpital Purpan

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Toulouse, France

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