Airway Management Skills Amongst Anesthesia Providers

Prisma Health-Upstate

Status: Invitation-only

Conditions: Airway Management

Treatments: Procedure: Direct Laryngoscopy; Procedure: Video Laryngoscopy; Procedure: Laryngeal Mask Airways

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05055401

Pro00104249

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficiency and proficiency of three common airway management techniques amongst among anesthesia providers who maintain airway management privileges in our health system.

Full description

Airway management may take place in a variety of settings with varying degrees of urgency, ranging from performance for elective operative procedures to life-threatening emergencies. An appropriate psychomotor skill set is needed to perform the procedures utilized for airway management, and the time required to do so may impact patient outcomes. Prolonged periods of apnea and accompanying hypoxia can lead to brain damage or death. This research is designed to evaluate the proficiency of anesthesia providers who are responsible for practicing airway management in hospitals or health systems in the United States, including Anesthesiologists, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, and Anesthesiology Assistants. We are attempting to establish a baseline level of proficiency by quantifying the time it takes to achieve successful airway management and the number of attempts required to do so utilizing a high fidelity manikin programmed to simulate various physiological conditions. This baseline information could then be used to manage the decisions made by hospitals or health systems related to airway management in the future, or to redefine the policies and procedures established for performing these procedures.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Informed consent is obtained from the participant
• Participants are presently employed as an anesthesiologist (previously completed an anesthesiology residency), CRNA or AA at a participating institution
• Participants have active airway management privileges with their institution

Exclusion criteria

• Participants are not employed by their institution
• Refusal of the participant to sign a consent

Trial design

30 participants in 1 patient group

Anesthesiology providers

Description:

Group will contain anesthesiologists, CRNA and AAs. The type of healthcare professional participating will be recorded along with the years of experience the participant has. Each participants experience will be categorized into three ranges, 0-3 years, 3-10 years, and 10+ years of experience. For further clarification and analysis, the healthcare professional's normal practice setting will also be recorded including inpatient, outpatient, or hybrid (inpatient and outpatient) settings. All providers will be analyzed together.

Treatment:

Procedure: Laryngeal Mask Airways

Procedure: Video Laryngoscopy

Procedure: Direct Laryngoscopy