2024/11/12 by Adesiyan, A. O., Oluwadun, O. B., Rabiu, MB
paper · doi:10.60787/nja.vol1no1.6
Airway management is a key competency for anaesthesiologists and other professionals working in the operating room, intensive care unit and emergency room. In 1990, Caplan et al reported that 34% of anaesthesia-related claims were related to airway management. There is a significant variation in resources and skills of healthcare providers in various countries, institutions, and even departments within institutions. Studies in Nigeria have shown that only few individuals have access to training with novel airway techniques (Nwasor et al, 2014). Moreover, availability of recommended airway equipment and organisation of airway education have been reported to be suboptimal (Adesiyan and Enohumah, 2016).