Abstract
Airway management, among the many clinical skills, is unique in that it must be precise and successful within a very short time frame to achieve the objective of maintaining/restoring gas exchange and other secondary goals. Developing and implementing a systematic approach to is the best way to ensure high rate of success consistently. The discussion in this chapter is primarily applicable to anaesthesia related or anaesthesiologist - performed airway management. For other situations, appropriate modifications of the techniques or other aspects may be required and are discussed in respective chapters.
Failure to plan for failure is an important reason for major airway complications.
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Ubaradka, R.S., Gupta, A., Vyshnavi, S. (2023). Overview of Airway Techniques and Decision Making. In: Ubaradka, R.S., Gupta, N., Bidkar, P.U., Tripathy, D.K., Gupta, A. (eds) The Airway Manual. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4747-6_15
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