Manual Ventilation Efficacy With MVG Device

University of Miami

Status: Completed

Conditions: Ventilator Lung

Treatments: Device: Manual Ventilation Grip Device; Other: 2VE

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05059366

20200039

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this research is to investigate the efficacy of the newly designed ventilation grip device (MVG device).

Enrollment: 32 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Current medical students, Post Graduate Year 1 (PGY1) residents or residents from other specialties with no prior experience in hand mask ventilation techniques or anesthesiology residents and attendings with at least 2 or more years of clinical experience

Exclusion criteria

1. Refusal to participate in the study.
2. Medical students with prior experience in hand mask ventilation techniques (i.e. experiences in previous careers such as nursing or Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) professions)
3. Any physical inability to adequately perform ventilation

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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32 participants in 4 patient groups

Expert participants randomized to MVG followed by 2VE

Experimental group

Description:

Expert participants (Anesthesiology residents and attendings with at least 2 or more years of clinical experience) randomized to perform the ventilation on a manikin using the Manual ventilation grip device (MVG) first followed by the standard 2VE technique alone.

Treatment:

Device: Manual Ventilation Grip Device

Other: 2VE

Expert participants randomized to 2VE followed by MVG

Experimental group

Description:

Expert participants (Anesthesiology residents and attendings with at least 2 or more years of clinical experience) randomized to perform the ventilation on a manikin using the standard technique (2VE) alone first followed by Manual ventilation grip device (MVG).

Treatment:

Device: Manual Ventilation Grip Device

Other: 2VE

Novice participants randomized to MVG followed by 2VE

Experimental group

Description:

Novice participants (Current medical students or residents with no prior experience in hand mask ventilation techniques) first followed by the standard technique (2VE) alone

Treatment:

Device: Manual Ventilation Grip Device

Other: 2VE

Novice participants randomized to 2VE followed by MVG

Experimental group

Description:

Novice participants (Current medical students or residents with no prior experience in hand mask ventilation techniques) randomized to perform the ventilation on a manikin using the standard technique (2VE) alone first followed by Manual ventilation grip device (MVG)

Treatment:

Device: Manual Ventilation Grip Device

Other: 2VE