Airway Management out of the Comfort Zone

This session will cover:

A pragmatic approach to airway management when the airway looks difficult, the patient sick, the environment challenging, or all of the above

The choice of drugs and equipment, the roles of team members, use of checklists and how to plan for failure

During this session we will discuss an approach to planning for airway interventions which considers:

• Personnel
• Positioning
• Pre-oxygenation
• Use of a checklist
• Drugs
• Techniques
  • DAS Plans ABCD
  • Vortex Non Surgical Airway (NSA) techniques and Emergency Surgical Airway (ESA) technique

Airway Management of the Critically Ill Patient – Tim Leeuwenberg’s excellent summary of why airway management in critically ill patients needs to be done differently

Difficult Airway Society Guidelines for the Management of Tracheal Intubation in Critically Ill Adults

May the airway be ever in your favor – Flipboard resources from Jonathan St George MD