Airway Management Skills Amongst Anesthesia Providers

NCT ID: NCT05055401

Last Updated: 2025-05-29

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION

Total Enrollment

30 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-10-22

Study Completion Date

2026-09-30

Brief Summary

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The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficiency and proficiency of three common airway management techniques amongst among anesthesia providers who maintain airway management privileges in our health system.

Detailed Description

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Airway management may take place in a variety of settings with varying degrees of urgency, ranging from performance for elective operative procedures to life-threatening emergencies. An appropriate psychomotor skill set is needed to perform the procedures utilized for airway management, and the time required to do so may impact patient outcomes. Prolonged periods of apnea and accompanying hypoxia can lead to brain damage or death. This research is designed to evaluate the proficiency of anesthesia providers who are responsible for practicing airway management in hospitals or health systems in the United States, including Anesthesiologists, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, and Anesthesiology Assistants. We are attempting to establish a baseline level of proficiency by quantifying the time it takes to achieve successful airway management and the number of attempts required to do so utilizing a high fidelity manikin programmed to simulate various physiological conditions. This baseline information could then be used to manage the decisions made by hospitals or health systems related to airway management in the future, or to redefine the policies and procedures established for performing these procedures.

Conditions

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Airway Management

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CROSSOVER

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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Anesthesiology providers

Group will contain anesthesiologists, CRNA and AAs. The type of healthcare professional participating will be recorded along with the years of experience the participant has. Each participants experience will be categorized into three ranges, 0-3 years, 3-10 years, and 10+ years of experience. For further clarification and analysis, the healthcare professional's normal practice setting will also be recorded including inpatient, outpatient, or hybrid (inpatient and outpatient) settings. All providers will be analyzed together.

Direct Laryngoscopy

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

The participant will perform a direct laryngoscopy on a Laerdal SimMan 3G under healthy conditions and under limited cervical range of motion.

Laryngeal Mask Airways

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

The participant will perform LMA placement on a Laerdal SimMan 3G under healthy conditions and under full tongue edema.

Video Laryngoscopy

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

The participant will perform video laryngoscopy on a Laerdal SimMan 3G under healthy conditions and under half tongue edema with pharyngeal obstruction.

Interventions

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Direct Laryngoscopy

The participant will perform a direct laryngoscopy on a Laerdal SimMan 3G under healthy conditions and under limited cervical range of motion.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Laryngeal Mask Airways

The participant will perform LMA placement on a Laerdal SimMan 3G under healthy conditions and under full tongue edema.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Video Laryngoscopy

The participant will perform video laryngoscopy on a Laerdal SimMan 3G under healthy conditions and under half tongue edema with pharyngeal obstruction.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Informed consent is obtained from the participant
* Participants are presently employed as an anesthesiologist (previously completed an anesthesiology residency), CRNA or AA at a participating institution
* Participants have active airway management privileges with their institution

Exclusion Criteria

* Participants are not employed by their institution
* Refusal of the participant to sign a consent
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Prisma Health-Upstate

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Robert R. Morgan, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Prisma Health-Upstate

Locations

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Prisma Health

Greenville, South Carolina, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Other Identifiers

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Pro00104249

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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