Airway management

General airway checklist

General airway checklist (PDF 310.1 KB)
Suitable for use with adults and children.

Paediatric airway resources

These resources may be useful when managing paediatric patients.

• Emergency airway management
  Clinical practice guideline covering preparation, equipment, monitoring, medications and management.
  Source: The Royal Children’s Hospital

• ECI airway equipment and medication calculator (PDF 398.5 KB)
  Use this guide to set up a Broselow trolley and measure medication doses.
• NETS clinical calculator
  Collection of calculation tools for paediatric care.
  Source: NETS
• Emergency resuscitation poster (PDF 115.3 KB) and lanyard card (PDF 115.8 KB)
  Review initial drug doses and vital sign ranges for resuscitation.
  Source: NSW Health

• How to set up and use the F&P neopuff infant resuscitator
  Instructional video.
  Source: F&P Healthcare

Further resources

• The vortex approach to airway management
  A high acuity implementation tool for emergency airway management.
  Source: Nicholas Chrimes
• Airway registry project
  The data being collected is used to describe the practice of airway management in Australia and New Zealand emergency departments.
  Source: ECI
• Emergency procedures
  A collection of clinical procedures with demonstration videos, including specific airway management procedures.
  Source: Emergency Procedures Ltd.

Acknowledgements

The ECI airway checklist was produced in 2019 by Dr Daniel Gaetani and Dr Chris Partyka of Campbelltown and Liverpool emergency departments. It is evidence-based. It 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.