We have created an online handbook containing free, open-access pre-reading and video demonstrations to accompany each session. ‘Difficult airway algorithms and checklists’ and ‘Airway management out of the comfort zone’ are interactive discussions. The remaining chapters correspond to the Skill Stations, all 1 hour long – more hands-on time means better muscle memory.

THE HANDBOOK

Click on the icons for the free, open access pre-reading and video demonstrations.

DIFFICULT AIRWAY ALGORITHMS AND CHECKLISTS

DIFFICULT AIRWAY ALGORITHMS AND CHECKLISTS

 Planning for failure and following a rescue strategy

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT OUT OF THE COMFORT ZONE

Plan A

PLAN A

The CCAM approach to laryngoscopy

Alternative laryngoscope blades and video-laryngoscopy

Plan B

PLAN B

Fibre optic intubation via a conduit: the LMA, Intubating LMA and Berman airway

The Aintree Intubating Catheter

The fibre optic bronchoscope

THE FIBRE OPTIC BRONCHOSCOPE

Assembly, steering and aftercare

Topicalisation of the airway

CAN’T INTUBATE, CAN’T OXYGENATE

Cannula and surgical cricothyroidotomy

EXTUBATION AND AIRWAY EXCHANGE

EXTUBATION AND AIRWAY EXCHANGE

Equipment and strategies, including the staged extubation kit and airway exchange catheters

TRACHEOSTOMY

Tracheostomy and laryngectomy – what you need to know

Management of airway emergencies

VENTILATION

Setting up transport and bedside ventilators

The essentials of mechanical ventilation

AIRWAY TROLLEY

Know your kit and how it can be organised to decrease stress and increase patient safety

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