Video Laryngoscopy in Pre-hospital Critical Care

• Conditions: Airway Morbidity; Airway Disease; Respiratory Insufficiency; Respiratory Failure

• Registration Number: NCT02035449
• Lead Sponsor: University of Aarhus

Brief Summary

Difficult conditions and critically ill and injured patients may complicate endotracheal intubation in the pre-hospital setting. The incidence of complications increase when two or more endotracheal intubation attempts are needed.

The aim of this study is to estimate the incidence of difficult pre-hospital endotracheal intubation after the introduction of the McGrath MAC Video laryngoscope as the primary airway device for pre-hospital endotracheal intubation.

Hypothesis:

• In our pre-hospital critical care teams, staffed with experienced anaesthesiologists, the rate of difficult PHETI (defined as more than one intubation attempt needed to secure a patent airway) is lower than 10 %, when using the McGrath MAC VL as primary choice in pre-hospital intubations.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2013-12
• Study Start: 2013-12
• Study First Submitted: 2014-01-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-01-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-01-10
• Study First Posted: 2014-01-14
• Last Update Posted: 2014-01-14
• Primary Completion: 2014-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 150

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients where the anaesthesiologists on the participating pre-hospital critical care teams attempt prehospital endotracheal intubation.

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients< 15 years of age

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The incidence of difficult pre-hospital endotracheal intubation	One year

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Pre-hospital Medical Services, Central Denmark Region; 🇩🇰 Aarhus, Denmark