Time to complete needle cricothyrotomy in two different emergency airway devices performed by Dutch paramedics

It is unclair which airway device is the fastest and safest in prehospital situations in the Netherlands. We would like to compare the Cricath device with the Quicktrach device. We would like to conduct a study to compare the time to complete a needle cricothyrotomy in the occluded aiway of porcine cadaver models performed by Dutch paramedics. The primary outcome is the time to complete needle cricothyrotomy. The second outcome is the tissue damage after performing the procedure by the two devices

The hypothesis states that the time tom complete an emergency airway with Cricath device is significant faster than with Quicktrach device, which will be studied on porcine cadaver models. In the second outcome, the hypothesis states that there is less damage of the soft tissue surrounding the airway after using the cricath devices compared with the quicktrach device.

A Beginning of scenario

B Time to name an occluded airway

C Time to decision to perform a needle cricothyrotomy

D Time to localize cricothyroid membrane

E Time to puncture cricothyoid membrane

F Time to aspirate air with syringe

G Time to first insufflation of air

Use of Cricath device or Quicktrach device