Video assisted laryngoscopy with cricoid pressure in patients using a C-Mac.

Blinded off line assessment of the effects of cricoid pressure with video assisted laryngoscopy in patients using a C-Mac,

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12609000832279

Enrollment

Registered

2009-09-23

Start date

2010-02-01

Completion date

2010-09-01

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

This study seeks to determine the effect of application of cricoid pressure on the laryngoscopic view using a cMac video laryngoscope and secondly to assess if whether having the person applying the cricoid viewing the video feed assists in improving the laryngoscopic view.

Interventions

Phase 1: laryngoscopy without cricoid pressure; 5 seconds Phase 2: with cricoid pressure without video assist; 5 seconds and Phase 3: with cricoid pressure with video assist.10 seconds

Study design

Allocation

Non-randomised trial

Intervention model

Single group

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

16 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

patient requiring elective intubation for surgery

Exclusion criteria

requiring rapid sequence induction, unable to give consent, unable to communicate in english.

Outcome results