The technique described for awake extubation is a suggested approach. Practice may vary in experienced hands.
DAS: Difficult Airway Society; O2: oxygen.
Reproduced from Popat M, Mitchell V, Dravid R, Patel A, Swampillai C, Higgs A. Difficult Airway Society Guidelines for the management of tracheal extubation. Anaesthesia 2012; 67: 318-340, with permission from the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain & Ireland/Blackwell Publishing Ltd.