Are you a Nurse Practitioner working in a hospital setting? Need acute care airway training? Our Advanced and Difficult Airway Course is just for you!
This program covers everything from airway assessment to planning your management approach. Be prepared to handle airway emergencies. Our detailed presentations will teach you how to identify difficult airways and plan for the worst.
Learn the ins and outs of basic and advanced technique. Apply your skills in a variety of patient scenarios involving management decisions and algorithms.
Detailed tutorials including video and audio reinforce key topics. Our program highlights some of the common challenges and pitfalls for difficult airway management.
Different airway management approaches are taught in an organized fashion, and stress management of each type of clinical situation. Become a master of the basic, difficult, crash, and failed airways and their management!
Designed for Nurse Practitioners
10 progressive modules
Includes high resolution videos
Algorithms for various types of airway scenarios
Test-Based certification and review questions
10 CME credits including 8.5 emergency procedure credits and 1.5 credits of pharmacology as applicable
Thursday Advanced and Difficult Airway Workshop Schedule
Airway Anatomy and Assessment
How to assess an airway
Identification of landmarks
Predicting a difficult airway
Special scenarios
Airway classification and grading
Indications for Airway Management
Clinical conditions
Respiratory status
Anatomy
Predictors of airway need
Common Approaches
Invasive and Non-Invasive Airway Management
Escalation of intervention
BIPAP
CPAP
Endotracheal Intubation
Airway Adjuncts
Airway Options and Medications
Types of airway devices
Airway Equipment
Laryngoscopes
Fiberoptic and Video Scopes
Induction Agents and Dosing
Induction and Intubation
Procedure organization and setup
Stepwise airway protocols
Anatomy
Endotracheal Intubation
Hands-on Procedure Practice
Tube confirmation and Difficult Airway management
Confirmatory tests
Defining an intact airway
How to manage a failed airway
Difficult airway algorithm and management
Fiberoptic laryngoscopy
Laryngeal mask airway
Video laryngoscopy
Difficult Airway Algorithm and Simulation
Application of the difficult airway algorithm
Simulated patient scenarios
Intubation with video laryngoscopy
Hands-on airway procedure lab
Individual review with instructor
1-Day Live Program Dates
The Advanced and Difficult Airway Course Dallas 2022 May
The Advanced and Difficult Airway Course Dallas 2022 July
The Advanced and Difficult Airway Course Dallas 2022 September
3-Day Live Program Dates
(Combined with our Skills and Procedure Course for a Discount)
3-Day Clinical Skills and Procedure Workshop with Advanced Airway Course Dallas 2022 May
3-Day Clinical Skills and Procedure Workshop with Advanced Airway Course 2022 Dallas July
3-Day Clinical Skills and Procedure Workshop with Advanced Airway Course 2022 Dallas September
This activity is designated for 10 AAPA Category 1 CME credits, including 8.5 procedure credits and an airway management course, and is accepted by all Physician Assistant certification boards for credit towards the PA-CAQ.
These credits are also accepted by the AANP and the ANCC for nurse practitioners, and include 10 contact hours, 8.5 emergency procedure credits, and 1.5 contact hours of pharmacology.
Participants are encouraged to verify eligibility with their accrediting body. This certification is included as part of the Emergency Medicine Board Review Series and additional credit hours cannot be combined with other online programs containing this content.