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Different Techniques for Emergency Cricothyroidotomy

NCT01107561 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2011-10-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This educational study will examine two different techniques for training emergency residents and staff on achieving a surgical airway (called a cricothyroidotomy).

Conditions

  • Intubation, Intratracheal

Interventions

OTHER

Seldinger technique

Involves blind needle insertion through the skin into the cricoid membrane followed by insertion of the guide-wire and subsequent insertion of the tube over the guidewire

DEVICE

Surgical Airway Approach

The classical open or surgical technique involves a vertical skin incision with blunt dissection and identification of the anatomy followed by incision of the cricoid membrane and tube insertion.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • University of Alberta

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sandy Dong, MD, MSc · University of Alberta

  • Warren Thirsk, MD, FRCPC · University of Alberta

  • Brian H Rowe, MD, MSc · University of Alberta

  • Cristina Villa-Roel, MD, MSc · University of Alberta

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-04-30
Primary Completion
2010-05-31
Completion
2010-07-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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