Pre Course
By reviewing these materials and completing the quiz questions, you will give yourself the best opportunity for learning during the course. Send your quiz answers to vastcourse@gmail.com 1 week prior to the course start.
Pre Course Quiz
- VAST Pre-course Quiz (docx) | 989 kb
Pre Course Readings
- VAST Participant Handbook (pdf) | 824 mb
- VAST aide-memoire (pdf) | 322 kb
- A to E approach
- Physician burnout: a global crisis
- Difficult Airway Society 2015 Guidelines for Management of Unanticipated Difficult Intubation in Adults
Pre Course Video
Post Course
1. VAST clinical frameworks
- Anaesthetists’ non-technical skills (pdf) | 160 kb
- VAST aide-memoire (pdf) | 322 kb
- VAST AMPLE History (pdf) | 37 kb
- VAST Examination poster (pdf) | 34 kb
- VAST Handover (pdf) | 31 kb
2. Core Resources
- Difficult airway society - unanticipated difficult intubation
- EPM bookmark
- Helping babies breathe action plan
- SAFE pocket handbook
- WHO – Best practice safety protocols – consent
- WHO – Emergency and Trauma Care
- WHO – Surgical safety checklist
3. Additional Reading
- DAS BMJ Article
- Handover and SBAR
- Anaesthetists’ Non-Technical Skills (ANTS) System Handbook v1.0
- Nursing communication to doctors
- WHO – Work organization and stress