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Access for preoperative assessment staff to multidisciplinary teams support from other physicians, medical specialists, anaesthetists, surgeons and pain management teams should be available.¹²

Emergency airway management in the ED should follow the recommendations of the collaborative working framework of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine and the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine.^53,54

The use of an emergency induction checklist is recommended. Airway and resuscitation equipment should be organised as per the equipment governance recommendations of the collaborative framework of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine and the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine.⁵⁴

Anaesthetists providing sedation for dental procedures should follow the guidance on safe sedation published by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Intercollegiate Advisory Committee on Sedation for Dentistry.^36,37