The Advanced and Difficult Airway Course - Online

The Advanced and Difficult Airway Course - Online is organized by Provider Practice Essentials (PPE), LLC.

Description:
Learn the Ins and Outs of Advanced and Difficult Airway Management

Immersive Online Program

• Thorough online tutorial of the critical concepts of oxygenation, airway management, intubation, and ventilation
• Taught by a Physician
• Learn at your own pace

Master the Basics

• Learn about airway assessment, preoxygenation, oxygenation, and non-invasive and invasive airway management
• See techniques for improved airway management
• Build upon those foundations to apply advanced concepts
• Thorough lectures provide high level of detail along with lifelong concepts

Combine Airway Management with Decision-Making

• Identify difficult airways early and learn the correct algorithms for safe management
• Utilize clinical decision rules to make better medical decisions
• Improve your understanding of airway management techniques and maximize their use

Extensive Content
10 topics including airway assessment, progressive oxygenation, non-invasive and invasive airway management, intubation, difficult airway management and more!

Airway Anatomy and Assessment

• Overview of airway anatomy
• Indications of normal airway
• Identification of difficult airway characteristics
• Application of assessment for anticipation

Indications for Airway Management

• Predictors of airway failure
• Identification of clinical risk factors
• When to intervene

Non-Invasive Airway Interventions

• Progressive Oxygenation
• Pulmonary Mechanics
• Measured oxygenation techniques
• CPAP and BIPAP

Invasive Airway Management

• Rescue airway interventions
• Laryngeal mask airway
• Posterior pharyngeal airway adjuncts
• Endotracheal intubation

Airway Options

• Identification and selection of the correct airway device
• Discussion of equipment options and their uses
• Preparation for induction and intubation

Intubation Drugs

• A pharmacology review of induction agents
• Selection of the best drug combinations for induction
• Safe decision-making

Induction and Intubation

• Application of each prior learning topic to provide safe intubation
• Stepwise, thorough discussion about safe airway induction and intubation
• Correct techniques for endotracheal tube insertion

Confirming Tube Placement

• Processes to ensure an endotracheal tube is correctly placed
• Discussion about reintubation and confirmation
• Application to difficult airway management

Difficult Airway Equipment

• Intubating LMA, Lighted Stylet, Light Wand, Video Laryngoscope and more
• Learn how to select the correct equipment for the situation
• Double set-up indications

The Difficult Airway 

• Application of difficult airway algorithms to fit the correct clinical conditions
• A stepwise process discussion to maximize airway success
• Indications and procedure for emergent cricothyrotomy