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# The airway

Preoxygenation, intubation, rapid-sequence induction, videolaryngoscopy, the difficult airway and extubation.

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## Crisis

- [**Cannot intubate, cannot oxygenate: front-of-neck access** When no tube or mask can get oxygen in, a cut through the front of the neck into the windpipe is…](https://durgical.com/en/anaesthesia/cannot-intubate-cannot-oxygenate-front-of-neck-access/)
- [**The unanticipated difficult airway: plans A to D** When a breathing tube will not go in, a fixed sequence of backup plans keeps oxygen flowing…](https://durgical.com/en/anaesthesia/the-unanticipated-difficult-airway-plans-a-to-d/)

## Technique

- [**Extubation: when and how** Taking out the breathing tube safely at the end of an anaesthetic, once the patient can breathe…](https://durgical.com/en/anaesthesia/extubation-when-and-how/)
- [**Preoxygenation and apnoeic oxygenation** Breathing pure oxygen through a tight mask before the breathing stops, so the lungs hold an…](https://durgical.com/en/anaesthesia/preoxygenation-and-apnoeic-oxygenation/)
- [**Rapid-sequence induction and intubation** A fast way to put a patient with a full stomach to sleep and pass a breathing tube, shortening…](https://durgical.com/en/anaesthesia/rapid-sequence-induction-and-intubation/)
- [**Tracheal intubation** Passing a tube through the vocal cords into the windpipe, so the lungs can be ventilated safely…](https://durgical.com/en/anaesthesia/tracheal-intubation/)
- [**Videolaryngoscopy, bougies and other adjuncts** A laryngoscope with a camera at the blade tip, plus simple tools such as a bougie, that help…](https://durgical.com/en/anaesthesia/videolaryngoscopy-bougies-and-other-adjuncts/)

## Concept

- [**How a child's airway differs** A small child's airway is shaped differently from an adult's and runs out of oxygen faster…](https://durgical.com/en/anaesthesia/how-a-child-s-airway-differs/)

## A to Z

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