Exposure and confidence across critical airway procedures in pediatric emergency medicine: An international survey study - 24/03/21
, Marc Auerbach, MD MSCI d, e, Michael C. Monuteaux, ScD a, b, John A. Cheek, MBBS f, g, h, Franz E. Babl, MD MPH f, g, h, i, Ed Oakley, MBBS f, g, h, i, Lucia Nguyen, MBBS j, Arjun Rao, MBBS MAppSci h, k, l, m, Sarah Dalton, BMed MMgtHlth h, n, Mark D. Lyttle, MBCHB o, p, q, Santiago Mintegi, MD, PhD r, s, t, u, Rakesh D. Mistry, MD, MS e, v, Andrew Dixon, MD w, x, y, z, Pedro Rino, MD aa, ab, ac, Guillermo Kohn-Loncarica, MD aa, ab, ac, Stuart R. Dalziel, MBChB PhD h, ad, ae, Simon Craig, MHPE MPH h, af, agthe Pediatric Emergency Research Networks (PERN)1
Abstract |
Background |
Airway management procedures are critical for emergency medicine (EM) physicians, but rarely performed skills in pediatric patients. Worldwide experience with respect to frequency and confidence in performing airway management skills has not been previously described.
Objectives |
Our aims were 1) to determine the frequency with which emergency medicine physicians perform airway procedures including: bag-mask ventilation (BMV), endotracheal intubation (ETI), laryngeal mask airway (LMA) insertion, tracheostomy tube change (TTC), and surgical airways, and 2) to investigate predictors of procedural confidence regarding advanced airway management in children.
Methods |
A web-based survey of senior emergency physicians was distributed through the six research networks associated with Pediatric Emergency Research Network (PERN). Senior physician was defined as anyone working without direct supervision at any point in a 24-h cycle. Physicians were queried regarding their most recent clinical experience performing or supervising airway procedures, as well as with hands on practice time or procedural teaching. Reponses were dichotomized to within the last year, or ≥ 1 year. Confidence was assessed using a Likert scale for each procedure, with results for ETI and LMA stratified by age. Response levels were dichotomized to “not confident” or “confident.” Multivariate regression models were used to assess relevant associations.
Results |
1602 of 2446 (65%) eligible clinicians at 96 PERN sites responded. In the previous year, 1297 (85%) physicians reported having performed bag-mask ventilation, 900 (59%) had performed intubation, 248 (17%) had placed a laryngeal mask airway, 348 (23%) had changed a tracheostomy tube, and 18 (1%) had performed a surgical airway. Of respondents, 13% of physicians reported the opportunity to supervise but not provide ETI, 5% for LMA and 5% for BMV. The percentage of physicians reporting “confidence” in performing each procedure was: BMV (95%) TTC (43%), and surgical airway (16%). Clinician confidence in ETT and LMA varied by patient age. Supervision of an airway procedure was the strongest predictor of procedural confidence across airway procedures.
Conclusion |
BMV and ETI were the most commonly performed pediatric airway procedures by emergency medicine physicians, and surgical airways are very infrequent. Supervising airway procedures may serve to maintain procedural confidence for physicians despite infrequent opportunities as the primary proceduralist.
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