Beyond availability: the importance of routine videolaryngoscopy and institution-based rescue methods of difficult videolaryngoscopy

Editor—We appreciate the fabulous work of Cook and Kelly on the national survey of videolaryngoscopy (VL) in the UK.¹ According to the Difficult Airway Society's 2015 guidelines² videolaryngoscopes should be immediately available at all times and all anaesthetists should be trained and skilled in their use. We are glad to see the main finding that VL is available in >90% of UK hospital, though only one in seven hospitals have VL available in all relevant clinical areas. Beyond the availability of videolaryngoscopes, whether to be skilled in VL remains an important issue.

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