Authors:
- Dr Natalie Constable, ST6 Anaesthetic Registrar, Department of Anaesthesia, UHBW Foundation Trust, Bristol
- Dr Fiona Oglesby, ST6 Anaesthetic Registrar, Department of Anaesthesia, UHBW, Bristol
- Dr George Bainbridge, Anaesthetic Clinical Fellow, Department of Anaesthesia, UHBW, Bristol
- Dr Helen Howes, Consultant Anaesthetist, Department of Anaesthesia, UHBW, Bristol
- Dr Rachel McKendry, Consultant Anaesthetist, Department of Anaesthesia, UHBW, Bristol
The Bristol Royal Infirmary’s Difficult Airway Response Team (DART), developed in 2017, is a successful, innovative, cross-specialty response unit designed to expedite the arrival of clinical expertise and advanced equipment to the patient’s bedside in complex airway emergencies. Five years following DART’s inception, we intend to highlight the challenges intrinsic to maintaining the service and how we have attempted to overcome these.