Assessment of Provider Position for Prehospital Tracheal Intubation

NCT ID: NCT07165314

Last Updated: 2025-09-10

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

72 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-09-01

Study Completion Date

2024-04-30

Brief Summary

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Endotracheal intubation may be needed in critically ill patients in the prehospital setting, where difficult conditions may be encountered. The patient may be lying on the ground, thus complicating direct laryngoscopy as the operator's visual axis cannot be properly aligned with the patient's oral-pharyngeal-tracheal axis. The posture sitting cross-legged ("Lotus" position) at the head of the patient may allow an easier alignment of the visual axes due to a lower operator's head position and more stability. We compared the impact of the "Lotus" position with free positioning of the operator for direct laryngoscopy on intubation first pass success rate among novice operators.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Tracheal Intubation

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Free positioning

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Free positioning

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Participants are not given instructions on how to position for intubation using direct laryngoscopy.

Sitting cross-legged ("Lotus" position)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Sitting cross-legged ("Lotus" position)

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Participants are requested to sit cross-legged for intubation using direct laryngoscopy.

Interventions

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Free positioning

Participants are not given instructions on how to position for intubation using direct laryngoscopy.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Sitting cross-legged ("Lotus" position)

Participants are requested to sit cross-legged for intubation using direct laryngoscopy.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* All resident doctors with 1 to 6 years of post-graduate experience working in the Emergency Department (ED) at Geneva University Hospitals (Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (HUG)) and penultimate year of medical school students (5th year) studying at University of Geneva Faculty of Medicine (UGFM) - Performed less than 10 ETIs prior to take part in the research

Exclusion Criteria

* More than 6 years of post-graduate experience
* Performed more than 10 ETIs prior to take part in the research
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

50 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University Hospital, Geneva

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Cédric Cibotto

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Laurent SUPPAN, PD Dr

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

University Hospital, Geneva

Locations

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Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève

Geneva, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland

Site Status

Countries

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Switzerland

Other Identifiers

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Req-2025-01129

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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