Chapter 29 – The Patient with a Tracheostomy
Abstract Although the term ‘tracheostomy’ simply means a hole entering the trachea, it can be usefully divided into tracheostomy (in which a hole is made between the anterior neck and…
Chapter 30 – Pre-hospital and Trauma Airway Management
Abstract Pre-hospital airway management is an essential skill for every pre-hospital clinician and should be performed to the same standards as would be expected in the emergency department. This chapter…
Chapter 28 – Airway Management in the Critically Ill
Abstract Many studies from around the world, especially NAP4 in the UK, have demonstrated that airway management in critically ill patients, whether in the intensive care unit, emergency department or…
Chapter 27 – Lung Separation
Abstract For many thoracic operations lung separation to enable collapse of the operated lung is either necessary or useful for successful surgery. Lung separation may also be required in other…
Chapter 25 – Maxillofacial and Dental Surgery
Abstract This chapter gives a presentation of the major issues to consider in maxillofacial and dental surgery when sharing the airway with the surgeon. It is essential to have knowledge…
Chapter 24 – Airway Management in Obesity
Abstract Obesity is a risk factor for increased difficulty in most modalities of airway management. It decreases ease and effectiveness of face mask ventilation, supraglottic airway device use and front…
Chapter 23 – The Paediatric Airway
Abstract Paediatric anaesthesia and airway management is in many ways similar to adult practice; however, deep understanding of the differences in anatomy, physiology and behavioural psychology is necessary, particularly in…
Chapter 22 – The Airway in Obstetrics
Abstract Airway management and failed intubation in the pregnant woman present unique challenges which differ from the non-pregnant patient. The provision of general anaesthesia in the obstetric population requires additional…
Chapter 20 – Front of Neck Airway (FONA)
Abstract Conventional airway management, including intubation and the various modes of lung ventilation, is usually successful. When it fails (cannot intubate, cannot ventilate/oxygenate) it is a life-threatening emergency and will…
Chapter 21 – Extubation
Abstract Extubation and emergence are high-risk phases of anaesthesia which accounted for 28% of the anaesthesia cases reported to the Fourth National Audit Project of the Difficult Airway Society and…
