Mastering the Pre-Hospital Airway: Assessment, RSI, SALAD & FONA
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This episode explores critical aspects of airway management in pre-hospital care with insights from leading experts.
Airway management remains one of the most critical and technically demanding aspects of pre-hospital care. In this special Pre-Hospital Airway Compilation , we bring together leading voices in airway management to explore the fundamentals, controversies, and high-stakes realities of managing the airway outside the hospital environment. Across these conversations, we move from airway assessment and respiratory evaluation through to advanced interventions including rapid sequence induction, Suction Assisted Laryngoscopy and Airway Decontamination (SALAD), and Front of Neck Access (FONA). We examine the challenges unique to the pre-hospital environment, discuss practical approaches to decision-making under pressure, and explore where clinicians fit into a stepwise airway management strategy—from optimisation and monitoring all the way through to invasive surgical techniques. Joining us first is John Chatterjee. John is a Consultant Anaesthetist with interests in pre-hospital care, difficult airway management, thoracic anaesthesia, and high-risk anaesthesia. Alongside John, we are joined by Cliff Reid, a retrieval physician with more than two decades of experience across air…
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