Video Laryngoscopy in Pre-hospital Critical Care
- Conditions
- Airway MorbidityAirway DiseaseRespiratory InsufficiencyRespiratory Failure
- Interventions
- Device: McGrath MAC
- 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
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 150
- Patients where the anaesthesiologists on the participating pre-hospital critical care teams attempt prehospital endotracheal intubation.
- Patients< 15 years of age
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description McGrath MAC McGrath MAC McGrath MAC is a videolaryngscope
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The incidence of difficult pre-hospital endotracheal intubation One year
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Pre-hospital Medical Services, Central Denmark Region
🇩🇰Aarhus, Denmark