Impact of Aerosol Box Use During Cardiopulmonary Arrest: A Multicenter Study

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Conditions studied: Cardiac Arrest, COVID-19, Coronavirus

In brief

Aerosol Generating Medical Procedures (AGMP) are procedures that have the potential to create tiny particles suspended in the air. These particles can contain germs such as viruses. The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic was caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 experience unusually high rates of critical illness that needs advanced airway management and intensive care unit admission. Bag-valve-mask (BVM) ventilation, endotracheal Intubation (ETI) and chest compressions are sometimes required for critically ill COVID-19 patients, and may contribute to a high risk of infection amongst Health Care Workers (HCW). To lessen HCW risk during high-risk procedures, a device called an aerosol box has been developed to place over the head of the patient, shielding the provider's face from virus droplets suspended in the air. The purpose of this research study is to better understand how particles disperse during AGMPs, more specifically during the provision of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The project team hopes what is learned from the project can help inform infection control measures. This could help make changes to the clinical environment and make it safer for HCW's. The investigators intend to explore how an aerosol box performs in reducing contamination of HCW's who perform critical airway interventions during resuscitation events.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05868239

Run by

KidSIM Simulation Program

People needed

240

Starts

2023-09-01

Expected to finish

2026-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2025-09-05

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 60. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Airway Provider:
• Attending physician, fellow or resident in adult or pediatric emergency medicine, pediatric intensive care, general pediatrics or pediatric/adult anesthesia
• Adult or Pediatric Advanced Life Support certification.
• CPR Provider:
• Attending physician, resident, fellow, nurse, respiratory therapist, physician assistant or health care aide
• Basic Life Support, Adult or Pediatric Advanced Life Support certification

You may not qualify if…

• Decline to provide informed consent
• Unable to perform tasks required of the role due to physical limitations.

Where it is running

• Department of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles — Los Angeles, California, United States (enrolling)
• KidSIM, Alberta Children's Hospital — Calgary, Alberta, Canada (enrolling)
• Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children — Toronto, Ontario, Canada (enrolling)
• Department of Pediatrics, CHU Sainte-Justine — Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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