Airway Management

Techniques and guidelines for basic and advanced airway support.

Reviewed by Dr Kola Tytler MBBS CertHE MBA MRCGP (General Practitioner)
Last reviewed: 21 October 2025
AnaestheticsCritical CareEmergency Medicine

Clinical Guidelines

NICE guideline [NG39]: Major trauma: assessment and initial management
National
NICE Quality Standard [QS166]: Airway management
National
2019 American Heart Association Focused Update on Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support
Local
2020 American Heart Association Guidelines for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
Local
2022 American Society of Anesthesiologists Practice Guidelines for Management of the Difficult Airway
Local
Airway management in neonates and infants: European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC) Consensus Guidelines
Local
Guidelines for Rapid Sequence Intubation in the Critically Ill Adult (SCCM 2023)
Local
NASEMSO Model Clinical Guideline: Prehospital Airway Management
Local
Part 4: Pediatric Basic and Advanced Life Support: 2020 American Heart Association Guidelines
Local
Practice Guidelines for Management of the Difficult Airway (ASA 2022)
Local
Prehospital Airway Management (NASEMSO Clinical & Evidence-Based Guidelines)
Local
Preventing unrecognised oesophageal intubation: a consensus guideline from the Difficult Airway Society, Association of Anaesthetists, Intensive Care Society, Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine, and Royal College of Anaesthetists
Local
Safe Airway Society principles of airway management and tracheal intubation specific to the COVID-19 adult patient group: Consensus statement
Local
Scandinavian SSAI Clinical Practice Guideline on Pre‐hospital Airway Management
Local