@SafeAirway

Inter-professional airway society for Australia & New Zealand. #ExcellenceThroughCollaboration

 Australia & New Zealand
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Australia & New Zealand's leading airway education organisations come together for the 1st time for back-to-back meetings at the Elysium Resort Noosa. Speakers include @altgm @STHJournalClub @cliffreid @DrRaniChahal @EllardLouise @NicholasChrimes @iliff_helen @AndyHiggsGAA
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A message from DAS President Prof Alistair McNarry @altgm Wondering why you should be at #DASWales26? Al has a few very good reasons.. πŸ“… 11–13 November 2026 πŸ“ ICC Wales Please visit das2026.co.uk for further details and to register
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Dr Rani Chahal@DrRaniChahalAug 30
Replying to @DrRaniChahal @DrHuw @davetheraw @AirwayMxAcademy
Our job as experts is to unpack intuition: What are we seeing? What patterns are we recognising? What makes us change course? The ultimate demonstration of mastery is not knowing what to do, it’s being able to explain why, and teach someone else to do it.
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Dr Rani Chahal@DrRaniChahalAug 30
Replying to @DrHuw @davetheraw @AirwayMxAcademy
Calling expertise a β€œsixth sense” or β€œmuscle memory” risks turning mastery into mystique. Yes, complex airway management demands experience. But expertise that cannot be articulated cannot be reliably taught, examinedβ€”or improved.
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Another fantastic annual meeting under our belt! Special thanks to overseas guests @altgm @AndyHiggsGAA & @sthjournalclub as well as to @DrRaniChahal for coordinating our 1st partnership w the @ANZCA @theNZSA @ASA_Australia Airway SIG. SAS will be back in Noosa for #SASNoosa27
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Technique for cricoid pressure From the Guidelines for providing a foundation for airway management Full free text forever in @Anaes_Journal at associationofanaesthetists-p…
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Nicholas Chrimes@NicholasChrimesAug 8
Replying to @NicholasChrimes @ItaloVasquezMD @doctimcook
So, the question becomes β€œWhy not apply it?” I wrote a (slightly facetious) letter suggesting we should be using CP routinely, irrespective of aspiration risk. The only reason is really lack of staff (as I’d advocate it should be a dedicated role). associationofanaesthetists-p…

Cricoid force: therapeutic, prophylactic or routine

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Tim Cook@doctimcookAug 29
Replying to @UniversalAirway @Anaes_Journal
Interesting Not what I do but interesting I think there may be subtleties between different HAVL blades that makes this technique more suitable for some than others There are certainly differences between blades!
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Tim Cook@doctimcookAug 29
Replying to @doctimcook @UniversalAirway @Anaes_Journal
If I might also offer there is something that could be usefully added -head and neck position I believe a key reason folk go on about difficult intubation with good view and difficult tube delivery is failure to position H&N correctly Flextension
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Nicholas Chrimes@NicholasChrimesAug 29
Replying to @DrHuw @docmartin22 @AirwayMxAcademy @emedfocus @doctimcook
Exactly why the @UniversalAirway guidelines ask you to instead make an individualised assessment of whether management will be β€˜rapid & reliable’. The words β€˜difficult airway’ do not appear in any of the guidelines.
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Nicholas Chrimes@NicholasChrimesAug 29
Replying to @doctimcook @UniversalAirway @Anaes_Journal
This line in the Foundation guideline (citing the same paper) paraphrases the comment you made to me that inspired me to lift my HAVL game!
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Tim Cook@doctimcookAug 29
Replying to @NicholasChrimes @UniversalAirway @Anaes_Journal
Yup Likely also the majority view Multiple people tell me how to do it Perhaps it’s because I only use one blade & issues seen occur more with other blades Here are data that can see can’t intubate is very uncommon with D-blade & the technique I use associationofanaesthetists-p…
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Nicholas Chrimes@NicholasChrimesAug 29
Replying to @doctimcook @UniversalAirway @Anaes_Journal
It’s not a recommendation by PUMA to use this technique, just offered as an example of a technique with which many of our group have had success. My experience is that variations in HAVL blade geometry haven’t had much impact so far - but haven’t tried some of the newer offerings
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Technique for neck rescue From the Guidelines for providing a foundation for airway management Download high resolution images & more detailed description of technique at UniversalAirway.org/download… Full free text of guideline in @Anaes_Journal at associationofanaesthetists-p… Image
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Technique for hyperangulated videolaryngoscopy. From the Guidelines for providing a foundation for airway management Download high resolution images at UniversalAirway.org/download… Full free text of guideline in @Anaes_Journal at associationofanaesthetists-p…
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Universal guidelines for providing a foundation for airway management now available for download. @AndyHiggsGAA @CarinHagberg @SheilaMyatra @ProfEllenO @AirwayOnDemand @JohnCSakles @SorbelloMax @crossmeder Free full text forever in @Anaes_Journal πŸ”‘πŸ”“β™Ύ associationofanaesthetists-p…

Project for Universal Management of Airways: guidelines for providing a foundation for airway...

Introduction Before commencing airway management in any individual patient, a foundation should be provided that establishes the capability of organisations, departments and practitioners to undert...

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Dr Rani Chahal@DrRaniChahalAug 27
A great day of Airways! A fantastic line up of airway experts presented some fascinating & thought provoking talks! Thanks to all our speakers for an amazing effort! Topped by the launch of the PUMA extubation guidelines! @ACE_ACECC @ANZCA @UniversalAirway @STHJournalClub
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Our illustrious leader Prof Matt Wiles @sthjournalclub.bsky.social is the invited guest speaker at the Airway Management SIG Meeting in Noosa, Australia on β€œFrom Mendelson to modern day: Lessons from 80 years of airway research”! #AnSky #anaesthesia
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Here are the components of Protective Sequence Extubation! Project for Universal Management of Airways: guidelines for tracheal extubation #anaesthesia #MedTwitter doi.org/10.1111/anae.70365
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Preconditions for considering tracheal extubation Project for Universal Management of Airways: guidelines for tracheal extubation @EllardLouise @AndyHiggsGAA @CarinHagberg @PaulBakerORSIM @kovacsgj @jadamlaw @SheilaMyatra @ProfEllenO @AirwayOnDemand @crossermed @JohnCSakles @SorbelloMax @NicholasChrimes #anaesthesia #MedTwitter doi.org/10.1111/anae.70365
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Launch of the Project for Universal Management of Airways: guidelines for tracheal extubation! #anaesthesia #MedTwitter doi.org/10.1111/anae.70365
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