How Do I Prepare Myself and My Staff for a Difficult Airway?

the best way to prepare for a difficult airway patient is to be preparedfor a difficult airway in any patient, or, better, to prepare the airway of eachpatient in the best possible way. Placing the devices in the strategy and not makingthe strategy as a device sequence, oxygenation remains to be the only targetto pursue.We should take into account anatomical and physiological findings, finding outthe available resources, and above all preparing a strategy to be shared and discussedwith the team, including specific attention for postprocedural care when andif needed.Human factors remain the last challenge to improve patients’ safety and outcomes,and the largest effort of every airway manager, and in general healthcareproviders, should be aimed at “prevention is better than cure”, which could not bemore true for (difficult) airways.