IT_AM 1.2
Discuss the important features of history and examination that may identify a potentially difficult airway
IT_AM 1.3
Outline preoperative fasting requirements and the common measures employed to decrease the risk of pulmonary aspiration
IT_AM 1.4
Describe an appropriate airway strategy for anaesthesia taking account of patient and procedural factors in patients with a normal airway, including indications for rapid sequence induction
IT_AM 1.5
Describe the indications for manual in-line stabilisation of the neck and the implications for airway management
IT_AM 1.7
Describe the optimal patient position for intubation
IT_AM 1.8
Describe the common complications of intubation
IT_AM 1.10
Outline an appropriate ventilation strategy suitable for routine elective and emergency patients
IT_AM 1.11
Outline potential management plans to ensure oxygenation of the patient with an unexpected difficult airway
IT_AM 1.12
Outline the clinical features, possible causes, physiological consequences and management of perioperative upper airway obstruction
IT_AM 1.13
Describe a ‘can’t intubate, can’t oxygenate’ drill, including the technique for performing an emergency surgical airway
IT_AM 1.14
Describe and classify the view obtained at direct laryngoscopy according to a common grading scale (Cormack-Lehane)
IT_AM 1.15
Describe the features of oesophageal and endobronchial intubation and outline appropriate management
IT_AM 1.16
Describe the clinical features and outline a management plan for a patient with aspiration of gastric contents
IT_AM 1.17
Describe the clinical features that indicate a patient can be extubated safely
IT_AM 1.18
Describe potential complications at extubation
IT_AM 1.19
Describe optimisation of the patient for extubation
IT_AM 1.20
Outline the important airway considerations in determining the suitability of a patient for discharge to recovery
BT_AM 1.5
Describe the potential impact of trauma to the upper or lower airway on ventilation and airway management
BT_AM 1.6
Describe the clinical features of patients with critical airway obstruction
BT_AM 1.7
Outline the clinical situations where airway anatomy may be distorted and ventilation impaired
BT_AM 1.8
Describe the commonly performed airway assessment methods and the findings that would suggest potential airway management difficulties
BT_AM 1.9
Discuss the indications and contraindications for nasal intubation
BT_AM 1.10
Outline a strategy for the safe use of throat packs
BT_AM 1.11
Outline different extubation strategies for ‘high risk’ extubation situations
BT_AM 1.12
Describe the situations where awake intubation or spontaneous breathing induction (gaseous or intravenous) of anaesthesia may be appropriate
BT_AM 1.13
Describe the full range of equipment used in airway management including the rationale and indications for its use, as outlined in College professional document PS56 - Guidelines on Equipment to Manage a Difficult Airway During Anaesthesia
BT_AM 1.14
Outline the relative merits and limitations of alternative laryngoscopy blades used for endotracheal intubation
BT_AM 1.15
Outline the various supraglottic airway devices available
BT_AM 1.16
Describe equipment used for manual ventilation
BT_AM 1.17
Outline indications for and the limitations and possible complications of supraglottic airway devices
BT_AM 1.18
Describe methods for providing local anaesthesia to the airway
BT_AM 1.20
Discuss the clinical features, possible causes and management of perioperative upper airway obstruction including laryngospasm
BT_AM 1.21
Discuss the issues involved when access to the airway is shared with surgeons or proceduralists
AT_AM 1.1
Discuss the reliability of the various airway assessment tools
AT_AM 1.2
Discuss airway strategies for patients with a difficult airway and outline a management plan appropriate to the clinical situation
AT_AM 1.3
Outline the various supraglottic airway devices available and their relative merits
AT_AM 1.4
Discuss airway strategies and outline a management plan for patients with critical airway obstruction, for example epiglottitis or laryngeal trauma
AT_AM 1.5
Discuss strategies for the safe extubation of patients with difficult airways
AT_AM 1.6
Discuss the characteristics and appropriate usage of specialised tracheal tubes
AT_AM 1.7
Discuss airway management for patients with a tracheostomy
AT_AM 1.8
Discuss ventilation strategies for complex scenarios such as ARDS, bronchospasm, pulmonary hypertension, and select appropriate ventilator parameters for patients with these conditions
AT_AM 2.1
Interpret relevant airway investigations, for example, nasendoscopy, CT, MRI and flow volume loops