NCT02478203

Intubation on a Paediatric Manikin by Emergency Staff: a Comparison of Airtraq and Glidescope

Intubation on a Pediatric Manikin by Emergency Medical Staff: a Comparison of Direct Laryngoscopy, Airtraq and Glidescope in Normal, Tongue Edema and Face-to-face Intubation Models

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 13 (actual)
• Sponsor: Kocaeli University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 2 Years – 7 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

After Local Human Research Ethics Committee approval, emergency medical staff enrolled in this study. After watching a video about the intubation using Airtraq, Glidescope or direct laryngoscopy, they attempted to intubate a pediatric manikin in three different airway models.

Detailed description

After Local Human Research Ethics Committee approval, emergency medical staff enrolled in this study. After watching a video about the intubation using Airtraq , Glidescope or direct laryngoscopy, they attempted to intubate a pediatric manikin in three different airway models; normal airway, tongue edema and an entrapped model by face-to-face approach. Intubation attempts, insertion and intubation times, success rates, Cormack-Lehane grades and the need for maneuvers of these devices were recorded.

Conditions

• Difficult Intubation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Airtraq	videolaryngoscope for difficult airway
DEVICE	Glidescope	videolaryngoscope for difficult airway
DEVICE	direct laryngoscopy	gold standart for intubation

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-03-01
• Primary completion: 2015-07-01
• Completion: 2015-07-01
• First posted: 2015-06-23
• Last updated: 2017-02-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)