The difficult airway — a Canadian perspective

Management choices for the difficult airway by anesthesiologists in Canada

“…4,6 This echoes the findings of Koppel et al who found 27% of anesthesia programs in the US provided a rotation dedicated to management of the difficult airway, mostly limited to lectures only. 7 Reassuringly, more recently trained respondents reported a higher percentage of mannequin training in residency.…”

Difficult Airway Society guidelines for management of the unanticipated difficult intubation

“…Classical emergency surgical tracheostomy involves incision through skin and platysma, division of the isthmus of the thyroid gland, haemostasis, incision of tracheal cartilage, and insertion of a cuffed tracheostomy tube [214]. Emergency tracheostomy can be very difficult and have serious complications [215][216][217]. A few surgeons may succeed in 3 min [85,218], but most will take longer [217,219].…”

The difficult airway and BURP — a truly Canadian perspective

“…and the accompanied editorial. 2 The authors of the article should be congratulated for a thorough review of the subject and I agree with the editorial that the recommendations are concise, easy to follow, and in some ways, superior to the ASA algorithm. Having said that, I am somewhat puzzled at the omission of the distinctly Canadian contribution.…”