The Alfred Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Critically Ill Airway (CIA) Course (Aug 27 - 28, 2018)

The Alfred Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Critically Ill Airway (CIA) Course is organized by The Alfred Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and will be held from Aug 27 - 28, 2018 at Australian Centre for Health Innovation, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Summary:
Airway management of the critically ill, particularly in settings outside of the operating theatre is uniquely challenging. This two day course will help participants develop a safe, flexible approach to airway management issues, including the difficult airway and optional percutaneous tracheostomy training, tailored to the specific requirements of the critically ill patients.

The course builds on online pre-course learning materials with interactive ‘hands on’ practical sessions and simulation scenarios that run the full gamut of airway crisis in the critically ill. The faculty includes multi-disciplinary experts in the management of the critically ill airway, who are also enthusiastic and expert educators and simulationists.

Course Objectives:
Participants will develop the following skills:
• airway adjuncts & LMA’s
• direct & video laryngoscopy
• endotracheal intubation
• awake intubation
• emergency surgical airways
• percutaneous tracheostomy (ICU stream)
• selective lung intubation & double lumen tubes
• rapid sequence intubation and modified approaches
• airway management in austere environments
• management of tracheostomy emergencies
• extubation of the critically ill
• endotracheal tube exchange

Develop cognitive & teamwork skills:
• airway assessment and planning management
• how to continue to develop and maintain airway skills
• airway algorithms
• practical pharmacology
• considered approach to airway controversies in the critically ill
• flexible approach to airway management tailored to unique critical illnesses
• effective teamwork and leadership in an airway crisis

Who is this course for? This course is designed for the following:
• trainees in critical care specialties with previous experience managing airways (eg completed an anaesthetic rotation) and exposure to critically ill patients
• consultants and other senior doctors requiring an update and refresher in airway management of the critically ill
• suitably experienced prehospital healthcare providers

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.