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 Registry
The DAS Difficult Airway Registry project is a streamlined national airway alert reporting system. The Difficult Airway Registry is hosted on a secure platform based in the United Kingdom that hosts many other national health registries. Only doctors registered with the GMC in the UK will be able to access this information.
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.
RAFT 5: SECURE is a UK wide, cross-specialty service evaluation of Rapid Sequence Intubation (RSI) events.
Practically SECURE will consist of three stages – a site survey, an activity survey and clinical vignettes.