Video laryngoscopes to help intubation in people with difficult airways

Equality considerations

NICE is committed to promoting equality, eliminating unlawful discrimination and fostering good relations between people with particular protected characteristics and others. In producing guidance and advice, NICE aims to comply fully with all legal obligations to: promote race and disability equality and equality of opportunity between men and women, eliminate unlawful discrimination on grounds of race, disability, age, sex, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity (including women post-delivery), sexual orientation, and religion or belief (these are protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010).

The Difficult Airway Society guidelines for unanticipated difficult tracheal intubation during routine induction of anaesthesia in children aged 1 to 8 years, states that more research is needed in the use of video laryngoscopes. Age is a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010.