BAPM Neonatal Airway Safety Standard - Draft document for consultation

BAPM has published the DRAFT version of a new Framework for Practice 'BAPM Neonatal Airway Safety Standard'. This document sets out standards for safely managing the neonatal airway in neonatal services in the UK. The document focuses on unit capability and aims to ensure that a safe service is always available.

This document sets out standards for safely managing the neonatal airway in neonatal services in the UK. The document focuses on unit capability and aims to ensure that a safe service is always available.

The purpose of this document is to:

• Set out standards for ensuring safe airway management for babies in Maternity and Neonatal Services in the UK.
• Outline the minimum expected departmental capabilities for airway management in different settings, recognising the current challenges in maintaining universal intubation competency in all units.
• provide guidance on optimising airway management.
• Provide supporting training and assessment materials as well as signposting other suitable training resources.
• Suggest areas for research and innovation to improve safe neonatal airway management.

The resource is made up of a main document as well as supporting materials for this capability framework. BAPM welcome your comments on all the draft documents.

Consultation closes: Thursday 21 December.

You can view the documents here> https://www.bapm.org/resources/BAPM-Neonatal-Airway-Safety-Standard