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Managing difficult airways• Flexible intub<strong>at</strong>ing fibreoptic laryngoscope is available in allthe<strong>at</strong>re loc<strong>at</strong>ions except in day case surgical the<strong>at</strong>res.• Cook airway exchange c<strong>at</strong>heter (in ENT/maxillofacial the<strong>at</strong>re fornasal ETT exchange).Algorithm for managementAlgorithms for different scenarios are available <strong>at</strong> www.das.uk.com(the Difficult Airway Society). You should educ<strong>at</strong>e yourself in their useas part of your CEPD. The following algorithm is a compositeappropri<strong>at</strong>e to most situ<strong>at</strong>ions, which you should study before havingto use it in an emergency situ<strong>at</strong>ion.<strong>Anaesthetists</strong> <strong>Handbook</strong> January 2010 19

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