A Modified Rabbit Training Model for Establishing an Emergency Front of Neck Airway in Children

University of Zurich (UZH)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Emergency Front of Neck Airway in Children

Treatments: Procedure: eFONA

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04573790

eFONA KISPI

Details and patient eligibility

About

A "cannot intubate, cannot oxygenate" (CICO) situation is rare in paediatric anaesthesia, but can always occur in children under certain emergency situations. There is a paucity of literature on specific procedures for securing an emergency invasive airway in children under the age of 6 years. A modified emergency Front Of Neck Access (eFONA) technique using a rabbit cadaver model was developed to teach invasive airway protection in a CICO situation in children.

After watching an instructional video of our eFONA technique (tracheotomy, initial intubation with Frova catheter over which an endotracheal tube is inserted), 29 anaesthesiologists will perform two separate attempts on rabbit cadavers. The primary outcome is the success rate and the performance time overall and in subgroups of trained and untrained participants.

Enrollment: 29 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Anesthesiologists working at the department of Anesthesia at University Children's Hospital Zurich

Exclusion criteria

• n.a.

Trial design

29 participants in 2 patient groups

Trained in eFONA

Description:

Trained participants completed our eFONA workshop within the last six month prior to participating in this study

Treatment:

Procedure: eFONA

Untrained in eFONA

Description:

Untrained participants had never taken part in our institutional eFONA workshop

Treatment:

Procedure: eFONA