Comparison Four Intubation Devices

International Institute of Rescue Research and Education

Status: Completed

Conditions: Intubation

Treatments: Device: MAC; Device: PHIL; Device: MIL; Device: WIS

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02280213

ETI/2014/06

Details and patient eligibility

About

Comparison of four laryngoscope blades (Miller, Macintosh, Phillips and Wis-Hipple) for infant intubation during resuscitation with and without chest compressions.

Enrollment: 145 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• give voluntary consent to participate in the study
• paramedics
• no clinical experience in infant intubation

Exclusion criteria

• not meet the above criteria
• wrist or low back diseases
• pregnancy.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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145 participants in 2 patient groups

Intubation without chest compression

Experimental group

Description:

Endotracheal intubation of infant mannikin using different laryngoscope blades (MAC, MIL, PHIL, WIS) during resuscitation without chest compressions.

Treatment:

Device: WIS

Device: PHIL

Device: MIL

Device: MAC

Intubation with chest compression

Experimental group

Description:

Endotracheal intubation of infant mannikin using different laryngoscope blades (MAC, MIL, PHIL, WIS) with uninterrupted chest compressions. Chest compressions with the two thumb-encircling hands technique were performed by the same Basic Life Support (BLS) instructor at a rate of 100 compressions per minute and at a depth of about 1.5 inches according to the European Resuscitation Council guidelines of 2010 year.

Treatment:

Device: WIS

Device: PHIL

Device: MIL

Device: MAC