Algorithms in a Simulated Difficult Intubation Scenario

A Comparison of the Difficult Airway Society (UK) and Australian Patient Safety Foundation Crisis Algorithms for Difficult Intubation in a Simulated Difficult Intubation Scenario

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00951769

Enrollment

Registered

2009-08-04

Start date

2009-03-31

Completion date

2011-02-28

Last updated

2022-06-09

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Conditions

Airway Management

Brief summary

This is a non-human study, conducted in a simulation environment, with simulator manikins, and volunteers from anaesthesia. Trainees in their first 2 years of anaesthetics training will be randomised to a control group, a group following the Difficult Airway Society UK's Guidelines and the Australian Difficult Airway management algorithm. A simulated difficult airway will be created during the induction of anaesthesia. The investigators will examine adherence to guidelines, which would have been provided to participants before the experiment, as well as compare their performance with the guidelines.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CONTROL

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Anaesthetists in first 2 years of training

Exclusion criteria

* Those who decline invitation to participate

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Time to safe oxygenation for manikin	Variable

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results