The Difficult Airway Course: Emergency 2011
October 28 - 30, 2011
Atlanta GA , USA
Airway Management is one of the most critical skills in Emergency Medicine. This course isdesigned to provide participants with state-of-the-art information and hands-on experience that ensure effective and appropriate management of airway emergencies.
Target Audience
This course is intended for healthcare providers including, Emergency Physicians, Critical Care Specialists, Intensivists, Hospitalists, Family Physicians, Physician Assistants, Paramedics, Flight Nurses, and Respiratory Therapists.
Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of the course, the participant will:
· Have a clear conceptual framework of Difficult Airway Management in the emergency setting;
· Be able to identify the Difficult, the Unanticipated/Emergency Difficult and the Failed Airway;
· Have a rapid and systematic approach for the management of each of these clinical dilemmas;
· Be familiar with the devices and techniques needed to manage these clinical dilemmas, and when and how to use them.
THE ONE COURSE YOU’LL NEED
-Instruction by world-class faculty.
-Simple airway algorithms that allow for an orderly, reproducible approach to any emergency airway.
-Small group, hands-on sessions exclusively focusing on difficult and failed airways, emphasizing rescue strategies and devices.
-Code Airway Stations: Challenging medical simulations to reinforce decision-making and skills.
Focused sessions on Pediatric Airways, Trauma, Medical Emergencies, Difficult and Failed Airways.
-Detailed instruction in a variety of challenging patient scenarios: elevated ICP, pulmonary edema, cardiogenic shock, status asthmaticus, foreign body in the airway, direct airway trauma, multiple trauma with shock, morbid obesity and many more.
-Dynamic and interactive learning environment.
Target Audience
This course is intended for healthcare providers including, Emergency Physicians, Critical Care Specialists, Intensivists, Hospitalists, Family Physicians, Physician Assistants, Paramedics, Flight Nurses, and Respiratory Therapists.
Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of the course, the participant will:
· Have a clear conceptual framework of Difficult Airway Management in the emergency setting;
· Be able to identify the Difficult, the Unanticipated/Emergency Difficult and the Failed Airway;
· Have a rapid and systematic approach for the management of each of these clinical dilemmas;
· Be familiar with the devices and techniques needed to manage these clinical dilemmas, and when and how to use them.
THE ONE COURSE YOU’LL NEED
-Instruction by world-class faculty.
-Simple airway algorithms that allow for an orderly, reproducible approach to any emergency airway.
-Small group, hands-on sessions exclusively focusing on difficult and failed airways, emphasizing rescue strategies and devices.
-Code Airway Stations: Challenging medical simulations to reinforce decision-making and skills.
Focused sessions on Pediatric Airways, Trauma, Medical Emergencies, Difficult and Failed Airways.
-Detailed instruction in a variety of challenging patient scenarios: elevated ICP, pulmonary edema, cardiogenic shock, status asthmaticus, foreign body in the airway, direct airway trauma, multiple trauma with shock, morbid obesity and many more.
-Dynamic and interactive learning environment.
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