see also:

• anaesthetics
• emergency intubation
• induction agents for anaesthesia
• neuro-muscular blockers
• assisted ventilation
• Mx of the newly intubated patient in ED - post-intubation
• nasogastric tube insertion
• Western Health's intubation video on Vimeo
• Western Health Emergency Intubation standard operating procedure guideline - intranet only

• RSI is the almost simultaneous administration of an induction agent and a neuromuscular blocking agent to induce unconsciousness and neuromuscular paralysis to facilitate rapid endotracheal intubation
• this has been modified to improve patient safety by ensuring optimum pre-oxygenation
  • see emergency intubation and also delayed sequence induction

• http://westerned.org/seniormedicalstaff/sms-teaching-ideal-airway/
• LITFL - Own the airway - tutorials and links
• Stu Marshall's video on airway strategies
• UpToDate - RSI
• UpToDate - the difficult airway
• Australian Airway Registry - observational research study - complications of ED intubations
  • pre-intubation checklist (pdf)
  • initial study of 295 intubations over 18 months in a Sydney ED showed:
    • 70% for medical indications and 30% for trauma
    • bougie was used 31% of 1st attempts
    • stylet was used 38% of 1st attempts
    • first pass success occurred in 83%
    • difficult laryngoscopy occurred in 24%
    • difficult intubation occurred in 3.4%
    • complications occurred in 29% including:
      • desaturation 16%
      • cardiac arrest 2.2%
    • no surgical airways needed
• http://westerned.org/procedures/surgical-airway/
• BJA Difficult Airway Society 2015 guidelines for management of unanticipated difficult intubation in adults (pdf)
• Rich Levitan’s Website - airwaycam.com
• Jose D. Torres’s Website A school of Airway
• airway management video tutorials:
  • Direct Laryngoscopy
  • External Laryngeal Manipulation
  • Laryngoscopy and Intubation Pearls
  • Steps of Laryngoscopy
  • Direct vs VideoLaryngoscopy
  • Bougie Grip
  • Overview of SGAs
  • Insertion, troubleshooting, intubating through SGAs
  • Overview of intubation through SGAs
  • Fastrach ILMA
  • Fibreoptic intubation through large-bore SGAs
  • Andy Neill’s Surgical Airway Anatomy video
  • CricCon2 Simplified Cricothyrotomy Alert Posture
    • Ready (all patients): discuss, feel, see kit
    • Set (difficult airway): mark skin, kit at bedside
    • About to go (crashing / hypoxic): Inject, prep, Open and set kit, Scalpel in hand
    • Watch it on a Cadaver
    • An Actual Surgical Cric
  • difficult airway algorithms:
    • The Vortex approach
      • The Vortex Approach video
    • DAS (Difficult Airway Society) Algorithms
    • ANZCA 2014 report from airway working group in CICO events