Airway management

General Airway Checklist

The general checklist is suitable for use with adults and children, however there are specific resources lower down the page that may be useful for peadiatric patients.

The ECI airway checklist was produced in by Dr Daniel Gaetani and Dr Chris Partyka of Campbelltown and Liverpool Emergency Departments. It is evidence based and was produced using data from over 1000 intubations from the NSW airway registry. Common errors and were addressed with a focus on encouraging verbal planning of intubation attempts with the team.

This material with video demonstration is also available in on our procedures page.

Paediatric Airway Resources

The general checklist is suitable for use with adults and children, however the following resources may be useful when managing paediatric patients.

• Neopuff Infant T Piece Resuscitator - Produced by RESUS4KID
• Can't Intubate Can't Oxygenate (CICO): The Vortex Approach
• Paediatric RSI Airway Checklist
• A video by Cliff Reid - a must see for paediatric intubators
• NSW Health - Humidified High Flow Nasal Cannula Oxygen Guideline for Metropolitan Paediatric Wards and ED
• Sydney Children's Hospital - Humidified High Flow Nasal Cannula Therapy Practice Guideline
• The Royal Children's Hospital Emergency Airway Management
• ECI airway equipment and medication calculator
• The NETS clinical calculator is also very useful
• NSW Health Emergency Resuscitation poster and lanyard card
• My Resus Room - Ms Celeste Daniels, Nurse Unit Manager, The Children’s Hospital Westmead and Ms Rachael Friery, A/Nurse Unit Manager, The Children’s Hospital Westmead at the ECI Nursing Leadership Forum 29 May 2015

Further references and resources

• Global Airway Project
• Best Airway talk ever? - A podcast by Dr Richard Levitan

Relevant Procedure Guides