Pre-intubation checklist to make emergency breathing tube placement safer for injured children
Feasibility Trial of an Implementation Bundle for the National Emergency Airway Registry for Pediatric Emergency Medicine (NEAR4PEM) Pre-Intubation Checklist
Using a pre-intubation checklist and support tools to help emergency teams place breathing tubes more safely in children after traumatic injury.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Rhode Island Hospital NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Providence, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11379071 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
If my child needed a breathing tube after a traumatic injury, care teams at participating pediatric emergency departments would follow a new pre-intubation checklist and implementation supports designed for fast, high-risk situations. The project uses the NEAR4PEM registry and its data center to roll out the bundle across multiple hospitals, train staff, and track how often the checklist is used. Researchers will collect information about how the process went, any complications, and whether teams could consistently use the checklist during real emergency intubations. The work focuses on making the checklist practical in the chaos of trauma care so it can be used reliably when time is short.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Children up to about 11 years old who come to participating pediatric emergency departments after trauma and require tracheal intubation would be the candidates for this work.
Not a fit: Children who do not need emergency intubation, those treated at hospitals not in the NEAR4PEM network, or older adolescents and adults are unlikely to be affected by this project.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this could reduce complications and the need for repeated tube-placement attempts during emergency intubation in injured children.
How similar studies have performed: Checklists and airway bundles have improved safety in other emergency and adult settings, but a rigorously implemented pediatric trauma pre-intubation checklist is relatively new and this builds on the NEAR4PEM registry experience.
Where this research is happening
Providence, United States
- Rhode Island Hospital — Providence, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Wing, Robyn — Rhode Island Hospital
- Study coordinator: Wing, Robyn
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.