Pediatric Endotracheal Intubation

Comparing the Novel McGrath MAC EMS Videolaryngoscope With Conventional Direct Laryngoscopy During Child Resuscitation: a Randomized Crossover Mannequin Study of Paramedic Students

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02291653

Acronym

EMS

Enrollment

Registered

2014-11-14

Start date

2014-11-30

Completion date

2014-12-31

Last updated

2014-12-05

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Conditions

Cardiac Arrest, Intubation, Endotracheal

Brief summary

We hypothesized that the McGrath MAC EMS is beneficial for intubation of pediatric manikins while performing CPR. In the current study, we compared effectiveness of the McGrath MAC EMS and MIL laryngoscopes in child resuscitation with and without CC.

Interventions

DEVICEMcGrath

video-laryngoscopy

DEVICEMIL

direct-laryngoscopy

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

CROSSOVER

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Give voluntary consent to participate in the study * paramedic student

Exclusion criteria

* Not meet the above criteria * Wrist or Low back diseases

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Success of intubation	1 day	effectiveness of first, second and third intubation attempts and overall effectiveness of intubation by participants

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Intubation time	1 day	time in seconds required for a successful intubation attempt
Cormack-Lehane grading	1 day	self-reported percentage the vocal cord visualization using the Cormack-Lehane grading (grade 1-4)

Countries

Poland

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026