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Assessment of Provider Position for Prehospital Tracheal Intubation

NCT07165314 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 72

Last updated 2025-09-10

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Summary

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.

Conditions

  • Tracheal Intubation

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Free positioning

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

PROCEDURE

Sitting cross-legged ("Lotus" position)

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Geneva

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Laurent SUPPAN, PD Dr · University Hospital, Geneva

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-09-01
Primary Completion
2024-04-30
Completion
2024-04-30

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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