Templates as Cognitive Aids in Emergency Airway Equipment Preparation: the Template Airway Trial (TemplateAirway)

Johannes Gutenberg University (JGU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Airway Management

Treatments: Other: Endotracheal Intubation; Other: Supraglottic Airway

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06400693

2023-17375

Details and patient eligibility

About

Comparison of preparation times (in seconds) for emergency airway management (equipment only) with and without a template.

Full description

Comparison of time (in seconds) needed to prepare all necessary equipment for one form of emergency airway management with and without a template. Participants will be randomized to "preparation with template (A)" and "preparation without template (B)" and all participants will be measured twice for both arms A and B, however, evaluation will take place on two separate days. Methods of airway management evaluated will be endotracheal intubation, supraglottic airway device and oral fiberoptic intubation, with a total of three measurements per participant per study day and two study days per participant. Participants will be nurses in the intensive care unit and, as a control group, anesthesia nurses will also be evaluated in order to factor in the effects of experience. The study will take place in the usual work environment of participants and with the standard equipment.

Enrollment: 42 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 99 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age 18 years and older
• written informed consent
• Qualification as a nurse (ICU or anesthesia)
• employed with University Medical Centre of Johannes Gutenberg University (JGU) Mainz

Exclusion criteria

• none

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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42 participants in 2 patient groups

Template

Other group

Description:

Template is provided to prepare necessary equipment for emergency airway management

Treatment:

Other: Supraglottic Airway

Other: Endotracheal Intubation

No template

Other group

Description:

No template is provided to prepare necessary equipment for emergency airway management

Treatment:

Other: Supraglottic Airway

Other: Endotracheal Intubation