Difficult Airway Course:EMS

The Definitive EMS Airway Course

  • Learn the full range of airway management techniques — including use of extraglottic devices,
  • medication-assisted intubation, video laryngoscopy & other advanced imaging devices, and cricothyrotomy.
  • Work with experienced faculty who know the unique challenges facing EMS providers.
  • Use all of the airway devices in small group sessions.
  • Practice decision making and airway techniques in Code AirwayTM stations.
  • Face the most challenging patient scenarios in a no-risk environment. These include elevated ICP,
  • pulmonary edema, status asthmaticus, foreign body in the airway, direct airway trauma, multiple trauma
  • with shock, and many more.

Didactic and hands-on training in crucial airway topics:

  • Difficult and failed airway management
  • Video laryngoscopy and other advanced imaging devices
  • Medication-assisted intubation (including RSI and RSA)
  • Pediatric airway management
  • Endotracheal tube introducers (bougie)
  • Surgical cricothyrotomy
  • Extraglottic devices
  • Capnography
  • Ventilator management
  • CPAP and BiPAP
  • Digital and nasal intubation

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