Algorithms in a Simulated Difficult Intubation Scenario
Summary
This is a non-human study, conducted in a simulation environment, with simulator manikins, and volunteers from anaesthesia. Trainees in their first 2 years of anaesthetics training will be randomised to a control group, a group following the Difficult Airway Society UK's Guidelines and the Australian Difficult Airway management algorithm. A simulated difficult airway will be created during the induction of anaesthesia. The investigators will examine adherence to guidelines, which would have been provided to participants before the experiment, as well as compare their performance with the guidelines.
Study Design
Observational Model: Case Control, Time Perspective: Prospective
Conditions
Airway Management
Location
Cheshire & Merseyside Simulation Centre
Liverpool
Merseyside
United Kingdom
L9 7AL
Status
Active, not recruiting
Source
Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Results (where available)
Links
- Source: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00951769
- Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on July 15, 2010
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Airway Management
Evaluation, planning, and use of a range of procedures and airway devices for the maintenance or restoration of a patient's ventilation.
Asthma
A form of bronchial disorder with three distinct components: airway hyper-responsiveness (RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY), airway INFLAMMATION, and intermittent AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION. It is characterized by spasmodic contraction of airway smooth muscle, WHEEZING, and dyspnea (DYSPNEA, PAROXYSMAL).
Airway Remodeling
The structural changes in the number, mass, size and/or composition of the airway tissues.
Management Quality Circles
Participation of employees with management as a labor-management team, in decisions pertaining to the operational activities of the organization or industry.
Materials Management, Hospital
The management of all procurement, distribution, and storage of equipment and supplies, as well as logistics management including laundry, processing of reusables, etc.
Clinical Trials
Evaluation of the Rapid Airway Management Positioner
The purpose of this study is to determine if the Rapid Airway Management Positioner (RAMP, AirPal, Center Valley, PA) is a useful positioning device for direct laryngoscopy and tracheal in...
Removal of Endotracheal Tube Secretions Comprehensively Until Extubation
The purpose of this study is to measure secretion accumulation within endotracheal tubes of mechanically ventilated patients and test the efficacy, safety and clinical impact of removing t...
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the C-MAC video laryngoscope in difficult airway situations.
Airway Management in Children Undergoing Adenotonsillectomies
Secure airway management is the basis of all anesthesiological practice. Of particular importance is the securing of patients' airway passages when the surgical procedure itself poses a th...
Evaluation of the Intubating Laryngeal Airway in Children
The Air-Q® intubating laryngeal airway (Air-Q® ILA) is an extraglottic device specifically engineered for use both as a stand-alone laryngeal mask airway (LMA) and as a rescue device or...
PubMed Articles
Death due to (no) airway : Adverse events by out-of-hospital airway management?
Securing the airway is a rarely performed procedure in the out-of-hospital setting. In recent years evidence has been accumulated indicating that out-of-hospital airway management is more challenging...
Airway management practices in adult intensive care units in Israel: a national survey.
Timely and adequate management of normal and compromised airway is a crucial task facing medical teams taking care of patients in intensive care units. We investigated the airway management practices...
The European Resuscitation Council recommends that only rescuers experienced and well-trained in airway management should perform endotracheal intubation. Less trained rescuers should use alternative...
Emergency airway management is associated with a high complication rate. Evaluating the patient prior to airway management is important to identify patients with increased risk of failed airways. Pre-...
Introduction: Airway hyperresponsiveness in asthma: its measurement and clinical significance.
This supplement to CHEST, titled "Airway Hyperresponsiveness in Asthma: Its Measurement and Clinical Significance," resulted from a symposium that brought together experts from Canada, the United Stat...
