Cricoid pressure in new DAS (Difficult Airway Society) Guidelines: still on?

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DAS Difficult Airway Society

Background story:

This is the post I wrote about the DAS April 2015 draft on intubation Guidelines:

DAS (Difficult Airway Society) released a draft of its intubating Guidelines for evaluation and comment before definitive update.

Previuos 2007 Guidelines are available here DAS Intubation Guidelines

This is the link to download the Update (April 2015) on DAS intubation guidelines 2015

What’s new on this draft:

Plan A (face mask ventilation and intubation)

  • Preoxygeneation is now included (to mantain even during the intubation, O2 nasal cannula).
  • VL is considered as standard approach (same leve than DL).
  • Cricoid pressure is no longer mentioned and replaced with BURP.
  • BURP has to be released if difficult intubation(laryngoscopy is predicted.

The authors invite all to send suggestions and comments to intubation@das.uk.com.

Last night (Italy time at least) on Twitter a debate about the presence on less of cricoid pressure aroused:

23:06 @MyEmergencyMed: Difficult Airway Society 2015…

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