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
Planning for failure and following a rescue strategy
AIRWAY MANAGEMENT OUT OF THE COMFORT ZONE
Airway management out of the anaesthetic room: difficult airways, sick patients, challenging environments
Preparation, choice of drugs and equipment, teamwork, troubleshooting
PLAN A
The CCAM approach to laryngoscopy
Alternative laryngoscope blades and video-laryngoscopy
PLAN B
Fibre optic intubation via a conduit: the LMA, Intubating LMA and Berman airway
The Aintree Intubating Catheter
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
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