Upper Airway Obstruction
Conditions
Brief summary
Literature shows that anaesthetists have a low success-rate when trying to access the airway percutaneously in case of failed ventilation and intubation. The study will investigate anaesthetists ability to locate the trachea and the thyroid cartilage and the cricoid cartilage in patients, using different methods including application of ultrasonography.
Detailed description
Literature shows that anaesthetists have a low success-rate when trying to access the airway percutaneously in case of failed ventilation and intubation. The researchers will investigate anaesthetists ability to locate the trachea and the thyroid cartilage and the cricoid cartilage of a healthy subject with different methods including application of ultrasonography.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALidentification of the airway by from the cranial end
The airway is identified with inspection and imaging technique (ultrasound) by placing the ultrasound transducer over the thyroid cartilage and from there moving distally
BEHAVIORALidentification of the airway from the distal end
The airway is identified with inspection and imaging technique (ultrasound) by placing the ultrasound transducer over the distal trachea and moving cranially
Sponsors
Rigshospitalet, Denmark
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Anaesthesiologist
Exclusion criteria
* unvillingnes to participate
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| time to identify the structures necessary for percutaneous airway acess | two minutes after initiation of the attempt to identify the airway structures |
Countries
Denmark
Outcome results
None listed