Clinical trial NCT05055401: Airway Management Skills Amongst Anesthesia Providers
Official title: The Proficiency and Efficiency of Airway Management Skills Amongst Anesthesia Providers: A Multicenter Baseline Assessment
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
Conditions: Airway Management
Keywords: Airway Management
Intubation
High Fidelity Mannikin
Anesthesia Providers
Lead sponsor: Prisma Health-Upstate
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-09-24
Enrollment: 30
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: CASE_CROSSOVER
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: All employees of the respective anesthesia departments employed by Prisma Health will be offered participation in this study including: anesthesiologists (previously completed anesthesiology residency), certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNA), and anesthesia assistants (AA).

Brief summary: 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: 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.

Eligibility criteria: 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

Primary outcomes:
measure: Number of Attempts to Achieve Successful Airway Management
timeFrame: Immediate Post-Procedure
measure: Time Required to Achieve Successful Airway Management
timeFrame: Immediate Post-Procedure
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Greenville
country: United States
facility: Prisma Health
state: South Carolina
Study officials:
affiliation: Prisma Health-Upstate
name: Robert R. Morgan, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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