Adrian Pearce

Core topics in airway management

1. Anatomy John Picard 2. Oxygenation Andrew Farmery 3. Physics and physiology Andrew Farmery 4. Cleaning and disinfection of airway equipment Adrian Pearce 5. General principles Ian Calder and Adrian Pearce 6. Maintenance of the airway during anaesthesia: supra-glottic devices Tim Cooke 7. Tracheal tubes Viki Mitchell and Anil Patel 8. Tracheal intubation of the adult patient John Henderson 9. Confirmation of tracheal intubation O. Sanehi 10. Extubation Hamish Gray 11. Light-guided intubation: the trachlight Bert Dercksen and Pieter Borg 12. Fibreoptic intubation Ian Calder 13. Retrograde intubation Adrian Pearce 14. Endobronchial and double lumen tubes, bronchial blockers Adrian Pearce 15. Difficult airways: causation and prediction Ian Calder 16. ENT and maxillofacial surgery Anil Patel and Viki Mitchell 17. The paediatric airway Robert Walker 18. Obstructive sleep apnoea and anaesthesia Peter Venn 19. The airway in cervical trauma Peter Ford and David Gabbott 20. The airway in cervical spine disease and surgery Ian Calder 21. Airway management in the ICU Adrian Steele 22. The aspiration problem Richard Vanner 23. The airway in obstetrics Steve Yentis 24. The lost airway Chris Frerk 25. Trauma to the airway Ian Calder 26. Airway mortality associated with anaesthesia and medico-legal aspects Ian Calder.