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Administrative data

NCT number NCT04206566
Other study ID # PHASTER-01
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase
First received
Last updated
Start date March 1, 2020
Est. completion date September 1, 2021

Study information

Verified date November 2021
Source Karolinska Institutet
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

In the Scandinavian and Swiss HEMS critical care teams, the prehospital tracheal intubations (TI) are performed by airway experts with high success rates and low rates of complications. Due to environmental conditions these are today frequently performed in-cabin before take-off. There are so far no published data on comparing outside and in-cabin TI under these circumstances. This will therefore be the first prospective study comparing prehospital TIs outside or incabin, performed by airway experts.


Description:

Background Seriously ill or injured patients might require prehospital TI, which is a potentially lifesaving intervention. Performing TI in a prehospital context differ from the preconditions inhospital due to environmental and technical aspects and resources available (3). Today there is a consensus that prehospital critical care should at least be on the same standards as in-hospital care. The trend therefore has been towards more rigorous safety precautions introducing Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) including 360oaccess to patients with all equipment at close hand brought out from the helicopter or the ambulance and long challenge-response lists. This will shift focus towards adherence to SOPs instead of tailoring the sequence of procedures according to circumstances and patient needs. An experienced operator can plan and communicate appropriate actions from a risk-benefit perspective in a stressful situation. Prehospital interventions have to be time effective, especially where short on-scene times are preferable in time-critical conditions such as uncontrolled internal haemorrhage and traumatic brain injuries. A recent Nordic multicentre study, PHAST, shows that emergency systems staffed with highly experienced anaesthetists can perform prehospital TI with high success rates, low incidence of complications and short on-scene times. Due to environmental factors, weather and light conditions in the Scandinavian countries, it is not always favourable to perform TI outside the helicopter or ambulance, with 360o -access. Technical aspects in-helicopter/in-ambulance such as access to better suctioning and stretcher positioning, can influence the operator's decision on where to perform the TI. Whether the location of the TI affects the outcome has not yet been studied. A recent experimental mannequin study, SPRINT, suggests that in-cabin intubations can offer equal to, or even better conditions than out of cabin and can shorten on-scene time. To investigate whether this applies to real life conditions, a prospective large-scale clinical study must be done. Performing prehospital TI is dependent on a well-functioning team where the operator has an assistant backing up during the procedures. The assistants' level of airway experience and the teams' accumulated experience working together has not been studied earlier.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 430
Est. completion date September 1, 2021
Est. primary completion date September 1, 2021
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group N/A and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - Patients in need of prehospital drug-assisted intubation. Exclusion Criteria: - All cases where prehospital TI is performed without the use of any drugs.

Study Design


Locations

Country Name City State
Sweden HEMS VGR Gothenburg VästraGötaland
Sweden HEMS Dalarna Mora Dalarna

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Karolinska Institutet

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Sweden, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary First pass success rate on prehospital tracheal intubation Successful intubation is defined as the endotracheal tube verified in the trachea. Prehospital intubations are performed outside the hospitals by ambulance helicopter personnel. While handling the patient in need for tracheal intubation
Secondary Tracheal intubation performed outside or in-cabin (in helicopter or in ambulance) The location of the procedure While handling the patient case
Secondary Number of tracheal intubation attempts While handling the patient case
Secondary Perceived difficulty of tracheal intubation Measured on a numeric analogue scale While handling the patient case
Secondary Time to perform tracheal intubation Time from first passing teeth with laryngoscope to tube verification with ETCO2 and lung auscultation. While handling the patient case
Secondary Complications related to the drug assisted intubation While handling the patient case
Secondary Prehospital mortality While handling the patient case
Secondary Scene time 1 Measured from entering patient zone (<3 m) to starting to move the patient from the scene to the helicopter (if intubation in-ambulance, time from entering patient zone until starting to move the patient to the helicopter). While handling the patient case
Secondary Scene time 2 Measured from entering patient zone (<3 m) to declaring pilot can switch on helicopter motors. While handling the patient case
Secondary Ground time Mesaured from physician leaves helicopter to declaring pilot can switch on helicopter motors. While handling the patient case
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