NCT02708862

Four Methods of Pre-oxygenation

Comparison of Emergency Department Preoxygenation Techniques in Healthy Volunteers

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 26 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Four methods of preoxygenation will be compared in healthy volunteers

Detailed description

After informed consent, each volunteer will undergo the following techniques: Simple mask at "flush" flow (40-60 L/min) Non-rebreather mask at 15 L/min Non-rebreather mask at 60 L/min Bag valve mask with one way exhalation valve at 15 L/min After 3 minutes, the exhaled oxygen will be measured with an oxygen sensor

Conditions

• Respiratory Failure

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Preoxygenation	After 3 minutes of oxygen supplementation (preoxygenation), with each of the devices listed below, the exhaled oxygen content will be measured. All participants were enrolled in a single arm in which they underwent 4 interventions in series: 1) Simple mask at 60 L/min for 3 minutes 2) Non-rebreather at 60 L/min for 3 min 3) Non-rebreather at 15 L/min for 3 minutes 4) Bag valve mask at 15 L/min for 3 minutes

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-03-01
• Primary completion: 2016-03-01
• Completion: 2016-03-01
• First posted: 2016-03-15
• Last updated: 2019-06-18
• Results posted: 2019-06-18