The Impact of Soiled Airway Management on CPR Quality

This is a prospective compare study. 54 EMT-Ps, are involved to evaluate the impact of airway management on CPR quality.

The Study uses SALAD training tool for training. The SALAD training tool include Nasco Intubation CPR manikin, which could vomit by pumping liquid into distal esophagus, and HQCPR feedback machine. Two scenarios were simulated. CPR and ETI in an airway with regurgitation (oropharyngeal regurgitation scenario) and CPR and ETI in an airway without regurgitation (clean airway scenario). All EMT-Ps were randomly assigned to participate initially in one of the scenarios. After all EMT-Ps had finished the first scenario, they switched to the other. Three EMT-Ps formed a resuscitation team and played one of the following roles: airway manager, first compressor, or second compressor. In each scenario, each EMT-P was required to take a turn playing all three roles. During each simulation, the airway manager performed BVM ventilation, and the first and second compressors alternately provided chest compression for every five cycles of CPR, with a compression-to-ventilation ratio of 30:2 .

After the first five cycles of CPR, the airway manager was asked to perform intubation during the ongoing chest compression to minimise intubation-associated interruption of chest compression. If necessary, the airway manager could request a pause of the ongoing chest compression. If intubation was not successful, the airway manager performed BVM ventilation twice and then reattempt intubation. After intubation, the airway manager used the BVM to check the lung distention to confirm successful intubation. Each simulation was ended after successful or failed intubation. Failed intubation was defined as either oesophageal intubation or three unsuccessful attempts.

The primary outcomes was chest compression fraction (CCF). The secondary outcomes was the intubation success rate. Chest compression depth, chest compression rate, and longest interruption time, and intubation time were also recorded.

Each CPR-intubation sequence comprised two segments: a compression segment and a hands-off segment. CCF was defined as the proportion of time spent on chest compression in each CPR-intubation sequence. The longest interruption time was defined as the longest hands-off duration in each sequence. An intubation attempt was defined as the insertion of the laryngoscope blade into the mouth and its subsequent withdrawal from the mouth. Intubation time was defined as the period between the start and the end of an intubation attempt. The time spent checking the endotracheal tube position by manual ventilation through the endotracheal tube was not included in the CPR-intubation sequence.