The Difficult Airway Course: Anesthesia - Seattle, Washington (Sep 13 - 15, 2019)

The Difficult Airway Course: Anesthesia is organized by The Difficult Airway Course and will be held from Sep 13 - 15, 2019 at Hyatt Regency Seattle, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.

Target Audience:
The Difficult Airway Course: Anesthesia is intended for anesthesia-trained healthcare providers including Anesthesiologists, Nurse Anesthetists and Anesthesiologist Assistants.

Accreditation:
AMA CME CREDIT
Schumacher Clinical Partners designates this live activity for a maximum of 17.75 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

An additional 3.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM will be awarded for the Lung Separation Workshop.

AANA CE CREDIT
The Difficult Airway Course: AnesthesiaTM has been approved by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists for 17.75 Class A CE Credits; Code Number 1036933; Expiration Date 10/6/2019.

The Lung Separation Workshop has been approved by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists for 3.5 Class A CE Credits; Code Number 1036943, Expiration Date 10/6/2019.

Purpose & Objectives:
This course is designed to provide participants with state-of-the-art information and hands-on experience with the most critical elements of airway management to ensure effective and appropriate management of the airway. Upon successful completion of the course, the participant will be able to:
• Perform an airway assessment to predict difficulty
• Describe the key elements of the difficult airway.
• Describe the steps of awake intubation.
• Identify a failed airway.
• Demonstrate proper surgical airway management techniques.
• Describe when and how to use an airway exchange catheter.
• Demonstrate safe extubation and tube exchange techniques.
• Use communication and team leadership techniques to optimize airway management.
• Demonstrate assessment and decision-making in a variety of airway management scenarios.

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