DAS Projects

Our Projects

The Difficult Airway Society is a UK-based medical specialist society formed to further management of the airway of patients by anaesthetists and other critical care practitioners. To this extent there are a number of ‘core’ projects that are highlighted on this page and will be added to over time.

Please also visit the ‘Research’ section for details on DAS grant funding on airway research via NIAA and through direct award.

Surveys

DAS members will receive up to four surveys a year to facilitate the investigation of current trends amongst clinicians involved with management of the airway. Check you have opted in within the membership pages

Difficult Airway Database

The DAS Airway Alert Card and Difficult Airway Database project is a national airway alert reporting system. Patients entered on to the database also receive an alert card to show to clinicians who may not hold local records of the patient’s previous airway management.

Airway Leads

Following the publication of the NAP4 report, the Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Difficult Airway Society strongly endorsed the report’s recommendation that all departments of anaesthesia should appoint a departmental Airway Lead.

JanuAIRWAY

Our successful trainee-led ‘JanuAIRWAY’ tweetorial lives on in this downloadable compilation – download it here.