A Novel Intuitive Airway Trolley for Quick Decision-making in Simulated Unexpected Difficult Airway Situations: Evaluation and Comparison to the Existing Airway Trolley (Airway-to-Go)

Johannes Gutenberg University (JGU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Human Factors; Team Efficacy; Airway Morbidity; Intubation; Difficult or Failed

Treatments: Other: Scenario "unexpected difficult airway"

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07076511

Airway-to-Go

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this study is to analyze the impact of color-coded labeling and cognitive visual aids of a novel airway trolley on the performance of participants in a simulated unexpected difficult airway scenario. All participants will complete the same scenario, randomized to either the novel or the existing airway trolley. The main questions aimed to be answered are:

1. how long does it take to solve the scenario (=establish sufficient oxygenation via emergency front of neck access) with the novel vs the existing airway trolley?
2. how many deviations from the algorithm "unexpected difficult airway" are documented for each trolley (novel vs existing)?
3. are there differences in the provider experience between both trolleys

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• anaesthesiological 2nd and 3rd year residents at University Medical Centre Mainz
• anaesthesiological attendings at University Medical Centre Mainz
• informed written consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Novel Airway Trolley

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants are asked to solve a scenario "unexpected difficult airway" using the novel Airway Trolley with color-coding and visual aids

Treatment:

Other: Scenario "unexpected difficult airway"

Existing Airway Trolley

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Participants are asked to solve a scenario "unexpected difficult airway" using the existing Airway Trolley without color-coding and visual aids

Treatment:

Other: Scenario "unexpected difficult airway"