Austere Airway Lab

Austere Airway Lab

Course Date:  2 February 2023  (1700-2230)

Cost:         $75.00

As an EMS provider, some of the worst days we will have happen when we have a challenging airway to manage. This five-hour course is a comprehensive review and introduction in difficult airway management. This course will look at advanced airway management and discuss how to manage those complicated airway cases. The course is designed to teach the provider about:

How to predict a difficult airway
When & when not to use medication (RSI & SAI)
Cricothyrotomy procedures
The difficult and crash airway algorithms
Patient positioning to increase successful attempts
Bleeding / traumatized airway management

This course will also include an intense hand on session where the participants will:
Participate in scenario based training to predict difficult airways
Use inducer devices and alternative airway devices
Learn about and use a video laryngoscopy device
Participate in an abnormal airway / management scenario
Intubate a difficult airway

 
Student Materials Needed:   Pen, Pencil, Note Taking Materials, Eye Protection.