Endotracheal Intubation in Prehospital Scenario

Medical University of Warsaw

Status: Completed

Conditions: Endotracheal Intubation

Treatments: Device: C-MAC laryngoscope; Device: Macintosh laryngoscope

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02681835

02.007.1MR

Details and patient eligibility

About

We therefore designed this randomized crossover study to compare C-MAC with Macintosh laryngoscope in emergency intubation performed by paramedics according to three different intubator positions.

Enrollment: 78 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• give voluntary consent to participate in the study
• maximum 1 year of work experience in medicine
• minimum 50 clinical intubations
• paramedics

Exclusion criteria

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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78 participants in 3 patient groups

Position 1

Experimental group

Description:

Standard position during intubation. Intubator is behind head of the victim, propped up on both elbows

Treatment:

Device: Macintosh laryngoscope

Device: C-MAC laryngoscope

Position 2

Experimental group

Description:

Intubator is behind head of the victim, lies on the left side

Treatment:

Device: Macintosh laryngoscope

Device: C-MAC laryngoscope

Position 3

Experimental group

Description:

Intubator stands astride the victims, intubated using the face-to-face

Treatment:

Device: Macintosh laryngoscope

Device: C-MAC laryngoscope