DAS Guidelines
DAS Guidelines
Link: 827.full.pdf
DAS Guidelines for management of unanticipated difficult intubation in adults 2015.
Link: das2015intubation_guidelines.pdf
- Fasted and RSI guidelines now merged.
- Plan A (facemask ventilation and tracheal intubation): includes videolaryngoscopy; emphasis on optimum positioning, pre oxygenation, removal of cricoid pressure if difficult.
- Plan B (maintaining oxygenation; SAD insertion): waking patient up is number one in the “stop and think” box. Less emphasis on intubation through LMA.
- Plan C: includes full muscle relaxation to facilitate bag-mask ventilation.
- Plan D: advocates scalpel cricothyroidotomy.
- Emphasis on human factors and verbal declaration at each stage.
DAS/OAA Guidelines for the management of difficult and failed tracheal intubation in obstetrics 2015.
Link: 01-15%20DAS-algorithms-web-PRINT20092015.pdf
DAS Extubation Guidelines
National Tracheostomy Safety Project (NTSP) Guidelines
Patent upper airway
Link: Patent%20Airway%20Algorithm.pdf
Neck breather
Link: Laryngectomy%20Algorithm.pdf