Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.
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International
Canada
United States
●American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP): Policy statement for the verification of endotracheal tube placement (2001, reaffirmed 2022)
●ACEP: Policy statement on rapid-sequence intubation (1996, reaffirmed 2018)
●ACEP: Policy statement on mechanical ventilation (2017)
Europe
●European Resuscitation Council (ERC): Guidelines on adult advanced life support (2021)
United Kingdom
●Difficult Airway Society (DAS): Guidelines for awake tracheal intubation (ATI) in adults (2020)
●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Medical technologies guidance on Ambu aScope4 Broncho for use in unexpected difficult airways (2013, updated 2019)
●DAS: Guidelines for management of unanticipated difficult intubation in adults (2015)
●DAS: Guidelines for the management of tracheal extubation (2012)
India
●AIDAA: Guidelines for the management of unanticipated difficult tracheal intubation in adults (2016)
●AIDAA: Guidelines for the management of unanticipated difficult tracheal intubation in obstetrics (2016)
●AIDAA: Guidelines for tracheal intubation in the intensive care unit (2016)
Australia-New Zealand
Japan
●[In Japanese] Japanese Society of Anesthesiologists (JSA): Airway management guideline to improve the safety of induction of anesthesia (2014)