SAS reducing aspiration risk resources

Below are resources referred to in the Safe Airway Society plenary session on Evolving Techniques for Reducing Aspiration Risk at SAS2025.

VIDEOS

Demonstration of technique for gastric ultrasound.

WEbSITES

Project for Universal Management of Airways (PUMA) - Rapid Sequence Intubation

articles

Aspiration:

Aspiration under anaesthesia: assessment and decision-making

Clinical Significance of Pulmonary Aspiration during the Perioperative Period

Rapid sequence Intubation

Rapid Induction/Intubation for Prevention of Gastric-Content Aspiration

Rapid sequence induction: a modern-day example of Theseus’ Paradox?

Time for consensus on rapid sequence intubation?

Rapid sequence induction: a national survey of practice

Current practice of rapid sequence induction of anaesthesia in the UK - a national survey

An international survey about rapid sequence intubation of 10,003 anaesthetists and 16 airway experts

Cricoid Pressure:

Cricoid pressue to control regurgitation of stomach contents during induction of anaesthesia

Cricoid pressure: The case in favour

Cricoid Pressure Controversies

The Effectiveness of Cricoid Pressure for Occluding the Esophageal Entrance in Anesthetized and Paralyzed Patients: An Experimental and Observational Glidescope Study

Distinguishing prophylactic and therapeutic cricoid force

Rapid Onset Neuromuscular Blocking Agent:

Vecuronium induced neuromuscular blockade: The effect of increasing dose on speed of onset

Rapid Administration of Induction Agent:

In-theatre TIVA rapid sequence induction: what are we doing?

Anaphylaxis:

Relationship of perioperative anaphylaxis to neuromuscular blocking agents, obesity, and pholcodine consumption: a case-control study

Sugammadex Anaphylaxis: Mechanisms, Diagnosis, and Incidence