Airway management in patients with suspected or confirmed cervical spine injury: Guidelines from the Difficult Airway Society (DAS), Association of Anaesthetists (AoA), British Society of Orthopaedic Anaesthetists (BSOA), Intensive Care Society (ICS), Neuro Anaesthesia and Critical Care Society (NACCS), Faculty of Prehospital Care and Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM).
Matthew D WilesHelen A IliffKatherine BrooksEgidio J Da SilvaMike DonnellonAdrian GardnerMatthew HarrisCaroline LeechSteve MathieuPaul MoorLara PriscoKate RivettFrances TaitKariem El-BoghdadlyPublished in: Anaesthesia (2024)
It is hoped that the pragmatic approach to airway management made within these guidelines will improve the safety and efficacy of airway management in adult patients with suspected or confirmed cervical spine injury.