Comparison of Direct Laryngoscopy With Blind Intubation Via Intubating Laryngeal Mask Airway

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Adverse Anesthesia Outcome
• Interventions: Device: Intubating Laryngeal Mask

• Registration Number: NCT02884869
• Lead Sponsor: Bnai Zion Medical Center

Brief Summary

Control the airways by endotracheal intubation is an important part of treatment for a trauma casualty. The use of the Laryngeal Mask Airway for fast control of the airway is known for many years. The aim of this study is to examine the effectiveness of the Intubating Laryngeal Mask Airway to achieve a definitive airway by unskilled practitioners.

The hypothesis is that definitive airway obtaining with Intubating Laryngeal Mask Airway will be more success and faster compared to the standard way of direct laryngoscope.

Detailed Description

Control the airways and respiration are an important part of treatment for a trauma casualty. Tracheal intubation an action that allows the insertion of a tube through the vocal cords and fixation by the balloon inflation is a definitive airway. The use of the Laryngeal Mask Airway for fast control of the airway is known for many years. The Laryngeal Mask Airway and others similar devices are known as Supraglottic Airway Devices and are inserted blind in the oropharynx and allow a fast oxygenation and ventilation of the patients.The aim of this study is to examine the effectiveness of the Laryngeal Mask Airway to achieve a definitive airway by unskilled practitioners in anesthetized patients with the head in neutral position (trauma model)

The hypothesis is that definitive airway obtaining with Intubating Laryngeal Mask Airway will be more success and faster compared to the standard way of direct laryngoscope. If the hypothesis is proven, this research will be very important implications for the management of the airway describing pre-hospital and in particular military scenarios.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2016-08
• Study Start: 2016-08
• Primary Completion: 2016-08
• Study First Submitted: 2016-08-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-08-30
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-08-30
• Study First Posted: 2016-08-31
• Last Update Posted: 2016-08-31
• Study Completion: 2017-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• American Society Anesthesiology class I and II

Exclusion Criteria

• Difficult airway
• Cervical pathology
• Full stomach

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intubating laryngeal Mask	Intubating Laryngeal Mask	Intubating laryngeal Mask
Direct laryngoscopy	Intubating Laryngeal Mask	Intubating laryngeal Mask

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Time of blind intubation measure in second	30 seconds	Time of blind intubation in seconds

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Easy to perform intubation measure in numeric scale	30 seconds	Easy of intubation in numerical scale from 1 to 10