Airway Management, Cricothyroidotomy, Emergency Medical Services, Prehospital, Prehospital Emergency Medical Services, Prehospital Setting, Self Confidence
Conditions
Keywords
Emergency Reflex Action Drill, Emergency Surgical Airway, Emergency Medical Services, Prehospital, Cricothyrotomy, Coniotomy, Porcine model, 3D model, Self-confidence
Brief summary
The goal of this observational study is to learn about the effects of training an Emergency Reflex Action Drill (ERAD) for Emergency Surgical Airway (ESA) in Dutch paramedics. The main question it aims to answer is: \- Does training an ERAD improves self-confidence in performing an ESA in Dutch paramedics Participants will fill out a questionnaire directly before and after the training. To investigate long-term effects, they will be asked to fill out a questionnaire after 2 till 3 months and after one year.
Interventions
OTHEREmergency Reflex Action Drill
Emergency Reflex Action Drill in performing Emergency Surgical Airway
Sponsors
Erasmus Medical Center
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
16 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
* Registered Dutch paramedic * Ambulance driver on Advanced Life Support Ambulance * Participant in the two-day trauma course.
Exclusion criteria
* Medium care ambulance paramedic
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Self-confidence | Baseline, pre-training up to immediately after the training | Increase/decrease/no difference in self-confidence from baseline, assessed by a five-point Likert-scale of paramedics in performing an Emergency Surgical Airway |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Training model | Immediately after the training | Difference in effect on self-confidence between two training models used during the ESA-ERAD training, assessed by a five-point Likert-scale. |
| Self-confidence real life cases | Through study completion, an average of 1 year | Increase/decrease/no difference in self-confidence assessed by a five-point Likert-scale and correctly placed emergency surgical airway in real-life cases reported by paramedics at any time point after the ESA-ERAD training, up to an average of 1 year |
Countries
Netherlands
Contacts
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORIscander M Maissan
Erasmus Medical Center
Outcome results
None listed