Effect of Cervical Collar on Intracranial Pressure

Lazarski University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter; Ultrasonography

Treatments: Device: NECKLITE; Device: Necloc Collar; Device: NexSplit Plus; Device: Ambu Perfect ACE; Device: Philly One-Peace Collar

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03609879

ONSD_2018_UL

Details and patient eligibility

About

The routine use of cervical collar in emergency medical conditions has recently been questioned. The application of cervical collars, as their opponents point out, results in deterioration of intubation conditions, intensification of pain in the region of mastoid processes, and impaired venous outflow from the head.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• voluntary participation in the study

Exclusion criteria

• head or the spine injury in the last 3 months
• eye injuries in the last 3 months
• amputation of the eyeball
• Headache

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

without cervical collar

No Intervention group

Description:

baseline - without cervical collar

with cervical collar

Experimental group

Description:

scenarios with cervical collars

Treatment:

Device: Philly One-Peace Collar

Device: NECKLITE

Device: NexSplit Plus

Device: Ambu Perfect ACE

Device: Necloc Collar