Optimisation of airway management strategies: a prospective before-and-after study on events related to airway management.

Background: Poor medical outcomes often result from series of minor events. The present study assessed events related to airway management to determine whether targeted changes to departmental strategies for airway management can reduce the incidence.

Methods: This prospective before-and-after study was performed with ethics committee approval and written informed consent from patients.

Cricothyroidotomy competence and injuries using nonmedical equipment: A crossover noninferiority randomised controlled trial in a porcine cadaver model.

Background: International guidelines recommend cricothyroidotomy as a life-saving procedure for 'cannot intubate, cannot ventilate' situations. Although commercially available sets facilitate surgical cricothyroidotomy, regular training seems to be the key to success.

Objectives: The goal was to investigate if trained anaesthetists are able to transfer their skill in one surgical cricothyroidotomy technique to another.