And what should you be doing when you haven't met the criteria for sustained exhaled CO2
In most cases removing the tube is not dangerous
When you could not facemask ventilate, could not use a supraglottic airway or an exceptionally high risk of aspiration. This is very rare @NicholasChrimes#DAS2022
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The law and airway management, looking at what we do through a different lens now with Maryanne Balkin. The tort of negligence has 4 elements: 1. duty of care 2. breach of standard of care 3. causation 4. injury or harm
Why do we used cuffed tracheal tubes in children? Starting the international session this afternoon, the links @dasairway has with other airway societies is wonderful
The subglottic area is the narrowest part in children, the resistance whilst advancing the ETT is due to stenosis in the subglottic region #DAS2022
Microcuff paediatric ETT have really changed practice, moving from uncuffed tubes to cuffed tubes in paediatric patients #DAS2022
The wonderful @Fionafionakel updating on human factors guidelines that are coming from DAS soon.....#DAS2022
Human factors are not just non-technical skills, design of safe systems is the most important aspect in #DAS2022
Humans are fallible, healthcare is relying on high levels of human performance but this is not a fail safe mechanism and performance is liable to fall off in high pressure situations #DAS2022
Anaesthetists are right in the middle of this when they occur....has your department thought about this and what are your plans? #DAS2022
Phases of mass casualty events
Chaos - the unknown and the surge
Reception - patients arrive
Consolidation
Definitive Care
Rehabilitation - for patients, staff and the department #DAS2022
Tension occurs between casualty flow, providing optimal trauma care and constrained resources #DAS2022
To manage this tension:
Effective and multiple time-point triage by experts
Damage control response to protect resources and maintain institutional capability
Leadership
Pre-hospital urban trauma in London - Dr Claire McCahill. Majority penetrating trauma and relating to knife crime, road traffic collisions, fall from height - also trains and underground incidents #DAS2022
Safety concerns with knife crime - wearing a stab vest to intubate sounds awful #DAS2022
Data from London Airway Ambulance 99.3% initial success rate for intubation. Standardised techniques, standardised drugs, use of a bougie for every intubation and a check and challenge checklist #DAS2022