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This document sets out standards for safely managing the neonatal airway in neonatal services in the UK. The document focuses on unit capability and aims to ensure that a safe service is always available.

The purpose of this document is to

• Set out standards for ensuring safe airway management for babies in Maternity and Neonatal Services in the UK.
• Outline the minimum expected departmental capabilities for airway management in different settings, recognising the current challenges in maintaining universal intubation competency in all units.
• Provide guidance on optimising airway management.
• Provide supporting training and assessment materials as well as signposting other suitable training resources.
• Suggest areas for research and innovation to improve safe neonatal airway management.

This framework complements the existing 美姬社区Framework for Practice on Managing the Difficult Airway in the Neonate.

Resources

• 美姬社区Airway Safety Standard main document

Supporting Materials for this Capability Framework

Training Materials

• 美姬社区Airway Skills Training and Assessment Tools (Appendix A)
• Tips for videolaryngoscopy (Appendix B)
• A short guide to use of waveform capnography (Appendix C)

Practical Support Materials

• Poster: Airway Equipment and Initial Respiratory Support Settings (Appendix D)
• Intubation Checklist (Appendix E)
• LISA Checklist (Appendix F)

Assessment Materials

Appendix G, H and I are Excel files. 

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• Intubation/ LISA Log (Appendix G)
• Individual Airway Competency Assessment form (Appendix H)
• Neonatal Unit Staff Airway Assessment Log (Appendix I)

E-learning module

Premedication for neonatal intubation