Effect of Airway Video Library on Intubation in Novices

University of Minnesota (UMN)

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Anesthesia Intubation Complication; Anesthesia

Treatments: Behavioral: Conventional Airway Training; Behavioral: Airway Video Library Training

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04956796

STUDY00012340

Details and patient eligibility

About

Endotracheal intubation requires significant training and expertise. This experience can be quite stressful for novice users. To accelerate the learning curve of newly enrolled trainees to assess and secure airway, the investigators propose supplementing current training techniques with access to an airway video library consisting of real- life clinical videos of airway and endotracheal intubations.

Full description

Timely and correctly performed endotracheal intubation is important. It can be stressful especially among beginners and requires significant expertise. Studies suggest that endotracheal intubation success rates are below 50% for the first 10 intubations among novices and the learning curve of laryngoscopy does not plateau above a 90% success rate until a mean of 57 attempts. Although simulation, which is currently the mainstay of training for airway management help orient a novice user, it is siloed from the actual experience. Endotracheal intubation requires significant training and expertise. This experience can be quite stressful for novice users. To accelerate the learning curve of newly enrolled trainees to assess and secure airway, the investigators propose supplementing current training techniques with access to an airway video library consisting of real- life clinical videos of airway and endotracheal intubations.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Incoming anesthesia resident (CA-1 year)

Exclusion criteria

• Participants with prior experience of more than 60 intubations

Trial design

0 participants in 2 patient groups

Group A

Description:

At the beginning of Phase 1, participants from Group A will be exposed to the video airway library in addition to the conventional airway training. At the beginning of Phase 2, participants will continue with conventional airway training only. Each phase will last for 1 month.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Airway Video Library Training

Behavioral: Conventional Airway Training

Group B

Description:

At the beginning of Phase 1, participants from Group B will be exposed to the conventional airway training only. At the beginning of Phase 2, the participants in Group B will be exposed to the video airway library. Each phase will last for 1 month.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Airway Video Library Training

Behavioral: Conventional Airway Training