Templates as Cognitive Aids in Emergency Airway Equipment Preparation: the Template Airway Trial

NCT06400693 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2023-17375
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 42
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Comparison of preparation times (in seconds) for emergency airway management (equipment only) with and without a template.

Conditions

Airway Management

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Time (in seconds) until completion of preparation of necessary equipment for endotracheal intubation between both groups

  Comparison of time (in seconds) until completion of preparation of necessary equipment for endotracheal intubation with and without template

  Defined verbal sign of participant when given task is started and ended

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• Time (in seconds) until completion of preparation of necessary equipment for supraglottic airway device between both groups

  Defined verbal sign of participant when given task is started and ended

• Number of missing equipment for endotracheal intubation

  immediately after completion of intervention

• Number of missing equipment for supraglottic airway between groups

  immediately after completion of intervention

• Number of wrong size/equipment between groups

  immediately after completion of intervention

• Nasa Task Load Index

  immediately after completion of all 3 assigned interventions on each study day

Study Arms (2)

Template

OTHER

Template is provided to prepare necessary equipment for emergency airway management

Other: Endotracheal Intubation; Other: Supraglottic Airway

No template

OTHER

No template is provided to prepare necessary equipment for emergency airway management

Other: Endotracheal Intubation; Other: Supraglottic Airway

Interventions

Endotracheal Intubation OTHER

Preparation of all necessary equipment for endotracheal intubation

No template; Template

Supraglottic Airway OTHER

Preparation of all necessary equipment for laryngeal mask

No template; Template

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 99 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• age 18 years and older
• written informed consent
• Qualification as a nurse (ICU or anesthesia)
• employed with University Medical Centre of Johannes Gutenberg University (JGU) Mainz

You may not qualify if:

• none

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz: lead

Study Sites (1)

Department of Anaesthesiology, University Medical Centre of Johannes Gutenberg University

Mainz, Rhineland-Palatine, 55131, Germany

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Intubation, Intratracheal

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Airway Management; Therapeutics; Intubation; Investigative Techniques

Study Officials

• Katharina Epp, M.D.

  Employee

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Model Details: single-center, randomized, controlled simulation study

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 14, 2024
• First Posted: May 6, 2024
• Study Start: April 15, 2024
• Primary Completion: July 23, 2024
• Study Completion: July 23, 2024
• Last Updated: July 20, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

DE (1)