Published: 13/08/2019
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the following organisations for permitting use of the Guidelines contained within this resource:
The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (AAGBI)
The following guidelines have been reproduced with the kind permission of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland:
- Quick resource Handbook 2019
- Anaphylaxis and allergies safety alert
- Catastrophes in Anaesthetic Practice – dealing with the aftermath 2005
- Pre-operative Assessment and Patient Preparation - The Role of the Anaesthetist 2010
- Consent for anaesthesia 2017
- Checking anaesthetic equipment 2012
- Checklist for Anaesthetic Equipment 2012
- Standards of monitoring 2015
- Drug and Alcohol Abuse amongst Anaesthetists - Guidance on Identification and Management 2011
- Infection control 2008
- Occupational health and the anaesthetist 2014
- Fatigue and anaesthetists 2014
- GAT trainee handbook 2016
- Core survival guide 2009
The Difficult Airway Society
The following guidelines have been reproduced with the kind permission of the Difficult Airway Society:
- Strategy for intubation including failed direct laryngoscopy
‘Reproduced from Henderson JJ, Popat MT, Latto IP, Pearce AC. Difficult Airway Society guidelines for management of the unanticipated difficult intubation. Anaesthesia 2004; 59: 675-94, with permission from Blackwell Publishing Ltd.’
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2044.2004.03831.x/abstract - Failed rapid sequence induction
‘Reproduced from Henderson JJ, Popat MT, Latto IP, Pearce AC. Difficult Airway Society guidelines for management of the unanticipated difficult intubation. Anaesthesia 2004; 59: 675-94, with permission from Blackwell Publishing Ltd.’
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2044.2004.03831.x/abstract - Failed intubation, failed ventilation
‘Reproduced from Henderson JJ, Popat MT, Latto IP, Pearce AC. Difficult Airway Society guidelines for management of the unanticipated difficult intubation. Anaesthesia 2004; 59: 675-94, with permission from Blackwell Publishing Ltd.’
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2044.2004.03831.x/abstract - Simple composite chart of Plans A-D
‘Reproduced from Henderson JJ, Popat MT, Latto IP, Pearce AC. Difficult Airway Society guidelines for management of the unanticipated difficult intubation. Anaesthesia 2004; 59: 675-94, with permission from Blackwell Publishing Ltd.’
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2044.2004.03831.x/abstract - Basic Algorithm
‘Reproduced from Popat M, Mitchell V, Dravid R, Patel A, Swampillai C, Higgs A. Difficult Airway Society Guidelines for the management of tracheal extubation. Anaesthesia 2012; 67: 318–340, with permission from the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland/Blackwell Publishing Ltd.’
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2044.2012.07075.x/abstract - ‘Low-Risk’ Algorithm
‘Reproduced from Popat M, Mitchell V, Dravid R, Patel A, Swampillai C, Higgs A. Difficult Airway Society Guidelines for the management of tracheal extubation. Anaesthesia 2012; 67: 318–340, with permission from the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland/Blackwell Publishing Ltd.’
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2044.2012.07075.x/abstract - ‘At-Risk’ Algorithm
‘Reproduced from Popat M, Mitchell V, Dravid R, Patel A, Swampillai C, Higgs A. Difficult Airway Society Guidelines for the management of tracheal extubation. Anaesthesia 2012; 67: 318–340, with permission from the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland/Blackwell Publishing Ltd.’
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2044.2012.07075.x/abstract
The Resuscitation Council (UK)
The following guidelines have been reproduced with the kind permission of the Resuscitation Council (UK):
- Adult Advanced Life Support
- Adult Bradycardia
- Adult Tachycardia
- Paediatric Advanced Life Support