Assessing the improvement in performing cricothyroidotomy (a surgical difficult airway management method) following self video feedback (trainees review their performance by themselves) and expert-assisted video feedback (trainees review their performance while an emergency physician provides additional feedback)

Assessing the utility of two video feedback methods by comparing the improvement in performing cricothyroidotomy following self-video feedback and expert-assisted video feedback

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN35998024

Enrollment

Registered

2022-05-16

Start date

2019-09-14

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2023-06-26

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Conditions

Emergency cricothyroidotomy Not Applicable

Interventions

The trainees are randomized by simple randomisation into two groups after seeing the educational presentation and the best practice video. One of these groups performs the cricothyroidotomy twice and

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Final-year medical students at the Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University were invited to participate in the study as trainees 2. The trainees had no previous training in performing cricothyroidotomy 3. The written informed consent was obtained from the participants before the practice

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Students who had cricothroidotomy practice before 2. Students who didn't sign the informed consent form

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Improvement of scores measured with a checklist between the pre-feedback and post feedback attempts	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Mean scores given for the two critical steps (Steps 1 and 4) of the procedure compared between the two groups, measured with a checklist at the pre-feedback and post feedback attempts	—

Countries

Turkey

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026