Teaching airway skills

(Still) time to organise training in airway management in the UK

“…The algorithms require optimal intubation technique, use of the Classic laryngeal mask airway (LMA TM ), intubating LMA (ILMA), ProSeal TM LMA, and cannula or surgical cricothyroidotomy. Their publication sparked considerable comment about the need for guidelines, the guidelines themselves [3][4][5] and the organisation of UK anaesthetic airway training [6]. Taylor commented that '(it is a) fundamental duty of all practising anaesthetists both to train others and to improve our own airway skills at every opportunity throughout our careers'.…”

Time for a breath of fresh air: Rethinking training in airway management

“…Logically, if in‐theatre teaching of airway skills is highly variable and out‐of‐theatre airway workshops are not universally accessible, expertise cannot be guaranteed in all newly qualified consultants nor maintained in experienced practitioners. This situation is not new, and similar calls to arms have been repeated since the mid 1990s .…”