Visual Perception Exploration Using Eye-tracking Technology in a Cannot Intubate/Cannot Oxygenate Simulation

Intubation; Difficult or Failed Clinical Trial

Official title: Visual Perception Exploration Using Eye-tracking Technology in a Cannot Intubate/Cannot Oxygenate Simulation

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Using eye-tracking technology, the aim of this observational study is to compare the visual interests between attending physicians and residents watching a Cannot Intubate/Cannot Oxygenate (CICO) scripted and simulated scenario

Clinical Trial Description

Attending physicians and residents, from the department of Anesthesiology at the Université de Montréal were recruited on a voluntary basis. A 13-minute video based on a suggested CICO algorithm from the Difficult Airway Society to manage unanticipated difficult intubation in adults (3) was produced at the University of Montreal Simulation Centre using high-fidelity settings. The scenario was about a patient, with a cervical collar, in the post-anesthesia care unit. Throughout the video, the patient presents increasing respiratory distress worsening to respiratory failure. The anesthesiologist fails to ventilate, intubate and insert a laryngeal mask leading to a cricothyroidotomy. All participants were looking at a screen on which the scenario was broadcast. The screen was equipped with TobiiEyeX®, an eye-tracking system that automatically aggregates gaze data. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Intubation; Difficult or Failed
• Patient Simulation
• Perception

• NCT number: NCT03054272
• Study type: Observational
• Source: Université de Montréal
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 1, 2016
• Completion date: April 1, 2017