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Difficult Airway!!

Hey all,

I am just wanting to ask if anyone has come across any superb or really good books on difficult airway management.

Or has anyone come across any books that they feel that is a MUST HAVE for SRNA(s)

please share your info and thanks for your time

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thanks for your interest in this subject.

having lived through an "unable to intubate" personal experience with 8 intubation attempts on or record :o (remembering most of them) still have periodic flashbacks 4 yrs later as 2 anesthesiologists unprepared....so stated the chief who apologized and took corrective action after my 4 page complaint....and easily intubated me one month later so the !!!xxxx???!!! gallbladder finally came out!

articles of interest:

american society of anesthesiologists practice guidelines for management of the difficult airway

asa airway management algorithm

practice guidelines for management of the difficult airway

pitt-modification of asa difficult airway algorithm

algosim®: the difficult airway algorithm tutorial/simulator

the asa difficult airway algorithm with lma

virtual anaesthesia textbook - intubation

Management of the Difficult and Failed Airway by Hung and Murphy is a great resource.

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