Airway Disease, Airway Morbidity, Respiratory Failure, Respiratory Insufficiency
Conditions
Keywords
Video laryngoscope, Pre-hospital, Endotracheal intubation, Difficult endotracheal intubation, Pre hospital Critical care, McGrath MAC, Airway device
Brief summary
Difficult conditions and critically ill and injured patients may complicate endotracheal intubation in the pre-hospital setting. The incidence of complications increase when two or more endotracheal intubation attempts are needed. The aim of this study is to estimate the incidence of difficult pre-hospital endotracheal intubation after the introduction of the McGrath MAC Video laryngoscope as the primary airway device for pre-hospital endotracheal intubation. Hypothesis: • In our pre-hospital critical care teams, staffed with experienced anaesthesiologists, the rate of difficult PHETI (defined as more than one intubation attempt needed to secure a patent airway) is lower than 10 %, when using the McGrath MAC VL as primary choice in pre-hospital intubations.
Interventions
DEVICEMcGrath MAC
McGrath MAC is a videolaryngoscope
Sponsors
University of Aarhus
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
15 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients where the anaesthesiologists on the participating pre-hospital critical care teams attempt prehospital endotracheal intubation.
Exclusion criteria
* Patients\< 15 years of age
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The incidence of difficult pre-hospital endotracheal intubation | One year |
Countries
Denmark
Contacts
Primary ContactMads P Vandborg, Doctor
Backup ContactLeif Rognaas, Doctor
Outcome results
None listed