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WorksheetsDifficult Airway Society 2025 Guidelines Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is the primary focus of the Difficult Airway Society (DAS) 2025 guidelines?
To discourage multidisciplinary teamwork
To eliminate the need for pre-oxygenation
To improve the efficacy and safety of tracheal intubation
To minimize the use of technology in airway management
What does the acronym eFONA stand for?
Emergency Front-of-Neck Airway
Emergency First-Order Nasal Airway
Enhanced Front-of-Nose Airway
Emergency Facial Oxygenation and Nasal Airway
What is emphasized as a key theme in the guidelines?
Reducing the use of oxygen
Avoidance of failure
Maximizing the likelihood of successful intubation
Minimizing patient monitoring
What is the recommended position for pre-oxygenation?
Head-up position
Supine position
Prone position
Sitting position
Which monitoring technique is considered the gold standard during airway management?
Blood pressure monitoring
Waveform capnography
Pulse oximetry
Electrocardiography
What is the recommended approach if difficulty is anticipated in airway management?
Use only facemask ventilation
Proceed with standard intubation
Consider awake tracheal intubation
Delay the procedure
What is the role of neuromuscular blocking agents in tracheal intubation?
To prevent oxygen delivery
To facilitate tracheal intubation
To increase the risk of complications
To eliminate the need for monitoring
What is the purpose of pre-oxygenation?
To reduce the need for intubation
To prolong safe apnoea time
To decrease oxygen delivery
To eliminate the use of sedatives
Which device is recommended as the first line for facilitating tracheal intubation?
Flexible bronchoscope
Direct laryngoscope
Optical stylet
Videolaryngoscope
What should be checked before the induction of anaesthesia?
Waveform capnography
Surgical history
Allergy status
Patient's weight
What is a significant risk factor for difficult airway management?
History of obstructive sleep apnoea
Age under 30
Previous successful intubation
Low body mass index
What major new concept is incorporated into DAS 2025 but not emphasized in DAS 2015?
Only anatomical difficulty
Physiological difficulty
Routine use of FOI
Routine use of muscle relaxants
Which of the following is TRUE regarding intubation attempts in DAS 2025?
Unlimited attempts as long as oxygen is maintained
Same technique may be repeated multiple times
Early change of device/approach after failed attempts
DL must be used after VL failure
DAS 2025 identifies which group as most at risk for desaturation during intubation?
ASA 1 patients
Patients with physiological difficulty (shock/hypoxia)
Paediatric patients
Patients under regional anaesthesia
DAS 2025 guideline makes which of the following mandatory for Plan B?
First-generation SGA
Use of bougie with SGA
Second-generation SGA
Use of intubating LMA
