Unrecognised Oesophageal Intubation
Unrecognised Oesophageal Intubation
As one can tell from the slew of resources from within the past five years, this is perhaps the hottest topic around.
It has yet to feature as a Final FRCA CRQ, but it seems a matter of 'when' this will happen, rather than 'if'.
Resources
- Preventing unrecognised oesophageal intubation: a consensus guideline from the Project for Universal Management of Airways and international airway societies (Anaesthesia, 2022)
- ‘No trace, wrong place’ does not mean ‘positive trace, right place’. Identifying & managing misplaced or displaced tracheal tubes in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (Anaesthesia, 2021)
- The ‘No Trace=Wrong Place’ campaign (BJA, 2019)
- Unrecognised oesophageal intubation (Anaesthesia, 2022)
- Unrecognised oesophageal intubation: time for action (BJA, 2022)
- Unrecognised oesophageal intubation (RCoA, 2022)