The Impact of Suction- Assisted Laryngoscopy and Airway Decontamination on Intubation Times

Dylan Finnerty

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Contaminated Airway

Treatments: Procedure: Training on Suction Assisted Laryngoscopy and Airway Decontamination; Procedure: No Training on Suction Assisted Laryngoscopy and Airway Decontamination Provided

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04082403

MaterMUH2019

Details and patient eligibility

About

A study was formulated to test the hypothesis that comprehensive training in Suction- Assisted Laryngoscopy and Airway Decontamination techniques reduces mannequin intubation times for Anaesthesia trainees.

Full description

To assess the clinical impact of in Suction- Assisted Laryngoscopy and Airway Decontamination (SALAD) training among 37 anaesthesia trainees. Intubation mannequin will be used to assess intubation times for contaminated airways pre and post SALAD training.

Enrollment: 29 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 67 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

All Anaesthesia trainees employment in Mater Misericordiae University hospital during the month of August 2019 - October 2019 were invited to partake in the study.

Exclusion criteria

All intensive care trainees with no training in intubation were excluded from the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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29 participants in 2 patient groups

Pre SALAD education group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Each trainee was asked to intubate a mannequin with a contaminated airway

Treatment:

Procedure: No Training on Suction Assisted Laryngoscopy and Airway Decontamination Provided

Post SALAD education group

Experimental group

Description:

Each trainee was asked to intubate a mannequin with a contaminated airway after receiving SALAD training

Treatment:

Procedure: Training on Suction Assisted Laryngoscopy and Airway Decontamination