Safe Airway Society Podcasts

David Anderson leads an interactive discussion on the airway related escapades of a patient from the roadside to the ICU.

Matt James wecomes delegates to SAS 2025 Noosa. Adam Rehak gives an entertaining talk on the history of SAS.

Linda Beckmann, the chair of the ANZCA/ASA/NZSA Airway Special Interest Group, gives an update about the group's activities.

Anoushka Perera leads a session on the physiologically difficult airway. Jared Mosier, author of the seminal 2015 paper on the topic, is joined by Kirstin Fraser and Chris McLenachan on the panel.

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Internationally renowned human factors expert Victoria Brazil describes how a group of highly functioning individuals can become a high performance airway team.

Recorded 19th Jun 2023 Full video livestream of all Airwaves Podcasts is available on the Safe Airway Society YouTube channel. In this episode we go back to basics to discuss the what is arguably the most important and difficult upper airway technique to master - facemask ventilation. Host Nicholas Chrimes is joined by Pierre Bradley & Joanna Simpson to discuss why facemask ventilation is important, how to optimise it, how to document it and much more. Useful Resources: Facemask Ventilation article by Pierre Bradley in BJA Education: https://www.bjaed.org/article/S2058-5349(21)00126-8/pdf Facemask Optimisations from the Vortex Approach: http://vortexapproach.org/lifelines#fmv ANZCA Airway Assessment document: https://libguides.anzca.edu.au/ld.php?content_id=48533093 Articles on test facemark ventilation before giving muscle relaxants: Evaluation of changes in tidal volume during mask ventilation following administration of neuromuscular blocking drugs https://associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/anae.12677 Could 'safe practice' be compromising safe practice? https://associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.05429.x Face-mask ventilation: the neglected essentials? https://associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/anae.14703 Facemask ventilation before or after neuromuscular blocking drugs: where are we now? https://associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/anae.12792 Checking mask ventilation before neuromuscular block: A nation-wide survey of anaesthetists' attitudes and thinking. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/aas.13426 Difficult Airway Alert Form: https://www.safercare.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-02/Victorian%20difficult%20airway%20alert%20and%20support%20document.pdf Grading systems for outcome of facemask ventilation: Concord Scale - capnography grading scale for objective description of mask ventilation: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0007091217372094?pes=vorhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0007091217372094?pes=vor Han Scale: https://pubs.asahq.org/anesthesiology/article/101/1/267/8519/Grading-Scale-for-Mask-Ventilation Join SAS: https://www.SafeAirwaySociety.org/join

Recorded 12th January 2021 Full video livestream of all Airwaves Podcasts is available on the Safe Airway Society YouTube channel. Despite video laryngoscopy now being a widely available tool for airway management, airway practitioners continue to debate its role, its benefit over direct laryngoscopy and the optimal technique for its use. Host Nicholas Chrimes is joined by airway experts Tim Cook and George Kovacs to explore the evidence and controversies related to these issues.

A significant proportion of serious adverse airway events occur at extubation. In this session, an expert interprofessional panel emphasises that the timing, location and method of extubation requires careful consideration. Register for SAS 2022!

Barriers to performing advanced airway management in the emergency department in Australia and New Zealand result in many unstable patients being transferred to the operating theatre at considerable risk. In this session, an expert interprofessional panel explores what is possible with existing resources, how we can buy time, and compares the ANZ system to that of other countries.

What are the priorities and challenges in the pre-hospital management of the patient with a threatened airway? In this session, an expert interprofessional panel explores the impact of location, environment and skillset on decision making in airway management. Register for SAS 2022!

Airway management is a team sport. All members, not just the airway operator, are integral to safe and effective airway management. What teamwork skills are crucial to airway management and how do we teach them? In this session, an interprofessional expert panel discusses how we can optimise team training, with reference to both pre-hospital and in-hospital training programs. Register now for SAS 2022!