Vortex Approach Trainer
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This App is designed to facilitate the training of clinical teams in use of the Vortex Approach to airway management, in a simulated setting. It is not intended for use for airway management in a clinical environment. Use of the App assumes familiarity with the principles of the Vortex Approach including the Emergency Surgical Airway (ESA) Status and proficiency with the associated technical skills.
Clinical teams being introduced to the Vortex Approach can use the App to help guide them through their management of a simulated difficult airway in a structured manner.
Selecting any non-surgical airway technique allows access to menus which provide prompts for specific optimisation interventions for that technique. Prompts are arranged under the 5 general categories of optimisation strategies used by the Vortex Approach. These cues assist staff to associate each of these categories with the individual techniques that may be required to achieve an