Role of the Difficult Airway Society in improving airway management

Mir, F.; McNarry, Alistair F.

doi:10.1016/j.bja.2018.04.006

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“…Of note, HFNO is not recommended by some manufacturers when lasers or diathermy are in use [28], although some expert centres have reported it as being possible [29–31]. These studies are small and the use of HFNO with lasers or diathermy should not be considered without further evidence, utmost caution and following close liaison with local laser protection supervisors, laser protection advisors and clinical laser experts as appropriate.…”

Section: Strategies To Improve Safe Emergency Evacuation Of Patientsmentioning

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Fire safety and emergency evacuation guidelines for intensive care units and operating theatres: for use in the event of fire, flood, power cut, oxygen supply failure, noxious gas, structural collapse or other critical incidents

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Summary The need to evacuate an ICU or operating theatre complex during a fire or other emergency is a rare event but one potentially fraught with difficulty: Not only is there a risk that patients may come to harm but also that staff may be injured and unable to work. Designing newly‐built or refurbished ICUs and operating theatre suites is an opportunity to incorporate mandatory fire safety features and improve the management and outcomes of such emergencies: These include well‐marked manual fire call points and oxygen shut off valves (area valve service units); the ability to isolate individual zones; multiple clear exit routes; small bays or side rooms; preference for ground floor ICU location and interconnecting routes with operating theatres; separate clinical and non‐clinical areas. ICUs and operating theatre suites should have a bespoke emergency evacuation plan and route map that is readily available. Staff should receive practical fire and evacuation training in their clinical area of work on induction and annually as part of mandatory training, including ‘walk‐through practice’ or simulation training and location of manual fire call points and fire extinguishers, evacuation routes and location and operation of area valve service units. The staff member in charge of each shift should be able to select and operate fire extinguishers and lead an evacuation. Following an emergency evacuation, a network‐wide response should be activated, including retrieval and transport of patients to other ICUs if needed. A full investigation should take place and ongoing support and follow‐up of staff provided.

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Fire safety and emergency evacuation guidelines for intensive care units and operating theatres: for use in the event of fire, flood, power cut, oxygen supply failure, noxious gas, structural collapse or other critical incidents

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“…3 Postoperative delirium is also associated with a decline in both cognitive and functional performance in the weeks to months after surgery. 4,5 Postoperative delirium is estimated to occur in up to 65% of older patients after surgery, 6,7 but the reported incidence is highly dependent on how it is diagnosed and screened. 1 The Confusion Assessment Method for the ICU (ICU-CAM) is a widely used tool validated in the ICU setting that identifies delirium on the basis of an acute change or fluctuating course of mental status plus inattention and either altered level of consciousness or disorganised thinking.…”

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“…The BJA recognises that current strategies for airway management are still not ideal in many areas, 3e5 and has long supported the activities of societies dedicated to airway management. 6 This includes the publication of several influential studies and guidelines on airway management. 7e9 We also launched our first Special Issue on Airway Management in 2016, 10 which followed the first WAMM held in Dublin in 2015.…”

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A special issue on respiration and the airway: critical topics at a challenging time

O’Sullivan

Hemmings

2020

British Journal of Anaesthesia

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Car il savait …, que le bacille de la peste ne meurt ni ne disparaît jamais, …, et que, peut-être, le jour viendrait où , pour le malheur et l'enseignement des hommes, peste r eveillerait ses rats et les enverrait mourir dans une cit e heureuse. (Albert Camus, La Peste, 1947) He knew … that the plague bacillus never dies or disappears for good; that it can lie dormant for years and years …; and that perhaps the day would come when, for the bane and the enlightening of men, it would rouse up its rats again and send them forth to die in a happy city.

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“…The absolute length of time a patient may maintain physiological parameters with THRIVE is variable . Despite its many benefits, there are potential risks when THRIVE is used, particularly with electrocautery and LASER …”

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“…4 Despite its many benefits, there are potential risks when THRIVE is used, particularly with electrocautery and LASER. 5 Transnasal humidified rapid insufflation ventilatory exchange does not replace other forms of airway management and should not be considered in the absence of a "plan B." It may fail to prolong the apnoea time and desaturation can occur.…”

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Transnasal humidified rapid insufflation ventilatory exchange in elective laryngopharyngoscopy

Stewart

McNarry

Nixon

2019

Clinical Otolaryngology

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Role of the Difficult Airway Society in improving airway management

Cited by 7 publications

References 54 publications

Fire safety and emergency evacuation guidelines for intensive care units and operating theatres: for use in the event of fire, flood, power cut, oxygen supply failure, noxious gas, structural collapse or other critical incidents

Fire safety and emergency evacuation guidelines for intensive care units and operating theatres: for use in the event of fire, flood, power cut, oxygen supply failure, noxious gas, structural collapse or other critical incidents

A special issue on respiration and the airway: critical topics at a challenging time

Transnasal humidified rapid insufflation ventilatory exchange in elective laryngopharyngoscopy

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