Course: Airway Matters

You have now reached the end of Pre-Hospital Airway Matters – we hope you have enjoyed the course! Pre-hospital care requires teamwork across services and professions and is only one …

In this article Lara Hammond (KSS HEMS Paramedic) and Julian Wijesuriya (KSS HEMS Doctor) outline the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for pre-hospital airway management. They discuss the pre-hospital use …

So far in the course there has been a focus on having 360 degree patient access and adequate space for interventions. Undertaking airway management in the relatively confined space of …

In recent years videolaryngoscopy (VL) has become increasingly common practice in hospital settings, but does it have a role in the pre-hospital environment? In this interview Jo Griggs (KSS HEMS …

In this video edited by Dr Helena Smith, Prof Tim Cook talks about safety issues that were highlighted in the tragic case of Glenda Logsdail, who sadly died from unrecognised …

The kit & equipment carried by pre-hospital teams must be fit for purpose, meet national guideline requirements and reflect the team’s scope of practice. In this step, Julian Wijesuriya (KSS …

In the step Lara Hammond (KSS HEMS Paramedic) and Julian Wijesuriya (KSS HEMS Doctor) describe the principles and practice of setting up a standardised RSI kit dump for pre-hospital emergency …

In this article Julian Wijesuriya (KSS HEMS Doctor) describes what pre-hospital care is, who provides it and what challenges can be encountered. What is pre-hospital care? Pre-hospital care is emergency …

Intra-arrest airway management is time-critical and challenging. Patients need urgent intervention yet are often unfavourably positioned and team dynamics can be tested by the urgency of the situation and emotional …

In this step Ros Perring (Anaesthetic Registrar, UCLH) and Julian Wijesuriya (KSS HEMS Doctor) go into some more details regarding the physiological principles and practice of pre-oxygenation in the pre-hospital …

Pre-hospital Airway Matters has been made possible thanks to a collaboration between University College London (UCL), University College London Hospitals (UCLH) and Kent Surrey Sussex Air Ambulance Charity (KSS) The …

In this video Eyston Vaughan-Huxley (KSS HEMS Doctor) and Ben Clarke (KSS HEMS Paramedic) demonstrate protocolised strategies to manage difficult or failed airway scenarios in the pre-hospital setting. This video …

In this step, we will continue our RSI scenario video. In this part, we will see the RSI checklist in action, a standardised approach to intubation and post-intubation care. Post-Video …

In the next couple of steps we will bring together our learning so far using an RSI scenario video. In this first part we will see initial patient assessment and …

Practical skills and processes are an important part of pre-hospital airway management, but perhaps more important is the clinical decision-making that accompanies them. Pre-hospital airway management, particularly Rapid Sequence Induction …