Endotracheal Intubation
Conditions
Keywords
endotracheal intubation, trauma, paramedic
Brief summary
The aim was to evaluate the performance of the C-MAC compared with Macintosh when performed in patients with immobilized cervical spine by unexperienced physicians.
Interventions
1\) Direct laryngoscopy using a Macintosh laryngoscope with size 3 blade (Mercury Medical, Clearwater, FL, USA) with a conventional 7.0 mm internal diameter (ID) tracheal tube
DEVICEC-MAC
C-MAC introduced with a h size 3 blade.
Sponsors
Medical University of Warsaw
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 * limited experience (\<5 intubations) with real-life intubation using direct laryngoscopy * novice phhysicians
Exclusion criteria
* not meet the above criteria * practice with any videolaryngoscopy * wrist or low back diseases * pregnancy
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Time required for successful intubation | 1 day |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| success rate of intubation attempt | 1 day | success rate of first intubation attempt |
| Cormack&Lehane grade | 1 day | glottic view during intubation rate using Cormack&Lehane grade |
| Dental Compression | 1 day | the severity of the potential dental trauma was calculated based on previously described modified grading scale (Svoldelli, 2009) |
| Ease of intubation | 1 day | To access subjective opinion about the difficulty of each intubation method, participants were asked to rate it on a visual analog scale (VAS) with a score from 1 (extremely easy) to 10 (extremely difficult). |
Countries
Poland
Outcome results
None listed