Safety, quality & education

Distance Hands‐On Training Versus Video Instruction for Flexible Laryngeal Mask Airway Management: A Protocol for a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial

Acta Anaesthesiol ScandPublished prospective, multicenter, parallel-group, rater-blinded, superiority randomized controlled trial

Study context

Population
Novice physicians learning flexible laryngeal mask airway (fLMA) management, each performing fLMA management in adult patient participantsnovice physician participants (planned), each to perform fLMA management in two adult patient participants
Participants
Thirty physicians
Planned comparison
Distance hands-on training with standardized video instruction for novice physicians learning fLMA management
Methodological detailsprotocol, conducted at three tertiary hospitals in China
  • Protocol
  • Conducted at three tertiary hospitals in China

No results yet. This paper sets out the design of a trial; its results are to come.

Further findings

Planned outcomes (protocol; no results reported)

Clinical performance assessed by two blinded raters using the Flexible LMA Airway Management Global Rating Scale
Secondary outcomes: procedural success, insertion time, ventilation parameters, fLMA positioning, procedure-related complications, learning progression, and physician participant satisfaction
  • Study protocol; no results reported

Original publication

Distance Hands‐On Training Versus Video Instruction for Flexible Laryngeal Mask Airway Management: A Protocol for a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. Published 1 October 2026. doi:10.1111/aas.70348

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