UK COUNTRY FOCUS
Intersurgical® i-gel®
and NAP4 T
he 4th National Audit Project of the UK Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Difficult Airway Society, ‘Major complications of airway management in the UK’, is already being seen as a seminal report.
The findings provide an ideal opportunity for the review and revision
of airway strategy at a local and national UK level, yet the data it contains is likely to have a broader appeal, since many of the themes and issues discussed have international relevance. In Chapter 11, the report highlights the potential design advantages of
2nd generation supraglottic airways and includes specific recommendations related to their use. This includes the recommendation that ‘
...all hospitals have second generation SADs available for both routine use and rescue airway management’. The i-gel, is a 2nd generation supraglottic airway with a gastric channel
to provide an early warning of regurgitation, an integral bite block to reduce the possibility of airway occlusion and a buccal cavity stabilizer to aid easy insertion and eliminate the potential for rotation. With its unique, soft, non-inflatable cuff, valuable time is not wasted deflating and inflating a cuff. This allows a patent airway to be established in the quickest possible time. In many cases, insertion can be achieved in less than 5 seconds.
With NAP4 highlighting the potential benefits of 2nd generation
supraglottic airways, if you haven’t yet had the opportunity to evaluate i-gel, why not contact us for a sample to try.
“
.....it is recommended that all hospitals have second generation SADs available for both routine use and rescue airway management”
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Reference (1): 4th National Audit Project of The Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Difficult Airway Society. Major complications of airway management in the UK. Report and findings. March 2011. Section 3, Appendix, page 210.
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