Endotracheal Intubation Devices (ETID)

International Institute of Rescue Research and Education

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Intubation

Treatments: Device: The Bonfils intubation fibrescope; Device: The Supraglottic Airway Laryngopharyngeal Tube (SALT); Device: The GlideScope Ranger; Device: The Miller Laryngoscope

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02277652

ETI/2014/03

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study was to compare the four different intubation devices in 6 different scenarios.

Enrollment: 120 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• give voluntary consent to participate in the study
• minimum 1 year of work experience in emergency medicine
• experienced emergency medical personnel (paramedics, nurses, physicians)

Exclusion criteria

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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120 participants in 6 patient groups

Scenario 1: Uninterrupted chest compressions

Experimental group

Description:

Endotracheal intubation (ETI) during pediatric manikin with uninterrupted chest compressions. Chest compression was performed using LUCAS-2 (Physio-Control, USA).

Treatment:

Device: The Miller Laryngoscope

Device: The Supraglottic Airway Laryngopharyngeal Tube (SALT)

Device: The Bonfils intubation fibrescope

Device: The GlideScope Ranger

Scenario 2: Neutral position

Experimental group

Description:

ETI performed in neutral mannikin head position

Treatment:

Device: The Miller Laryngoscope

Device: The Supraglottic Airway Laryngopharyngeal Tube (SALT)

Device: The Bonfils intubation fibrescope

Device: The GlideScope Ranger

Scenario 3: Sniffing position

Experimental group

Description:

ETI performed in sniffing mannikin head position

Treatment:

Device: The Miller Laryngoscope

Device: The Supraglottic Airway Laryngopharyngeal Tube (SALT)

Device: The Bonfils intubation fibrescope

Device: The GlideScope Ranger

Scenario 4: Pharyngeal swelling

Experimental group

Description:

ETI performed during mannikin pharyngeal swelling scenario

Treatment:

Device: The Miller Laryngoscope

Device: The Supraglottic Airway Laryngopharyngeal Tube (SALT)

Device: The Bonfils intubation fibrescope

Device: The GlideScope Ranger

Scenario 5: Swollen tongue

Experimental group

Description:

ETI performed during mannikin swollen tongue scenario

Treatment:

Device: The Miller Laryngoscope

Device: The Supraglottic Airway Laryngopharyngeal Tube (SALT)

Device: The Bonfils intubation fibrescope

Device: The GlideScope Ranger

Scenario 6: Immobilized cervical spine

Experimental group

Description:

ETI performed during mannikin immobilized cervical spine scenario

Treatment:

Device: The Miller Laryngoscope

Device: The Supraglottic Airway Laryngopharyngeal Tube (SALT)

Device: The Bonfils intubation fibrescope

Device: The GlideScope Ranger