Manual ventilation Respiratory Manual ventilation
Conditions
Interventions
The child would be anaesthetised in a standard way by a consultant anaesthetist. Once asleep the paediatric ward nurse would insert each airway device in random order and manually ventilate the lungs
Sponsors
Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. All children aged 6 months to 8 years, scheduled for elective surgery or a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan in which a laryngeal mask airway would be placed routinely 2. Paediatric ward nurses
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Children in whom a laryngeal mask airway is contradicted, e.g., gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, known difficult airway or obesity 2. Children outside the inclusion age range
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Chest expansion (as a percentage of that achieved by the consultant paediatric anaesthetist, averaged over five breaths), measured at the time of the intervention. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. To assess the effectiveness of ventilation by paediatric ward nurses when using the facemask and oropharyngeal airway 2. To assess whether the paediatric ward nurses can be trained to successfully place the laryngeal mask airway in anaesthetised children after mannikin training 3. To assess whether a learning curve exists for successful insertion of the laryngeal mask airway 4. To compare the time taken to successful ventilation using both airway devices All outcomes will be measured at the time of the intervention. | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed