The Difficult Airway Course: Emergency™ (May 31 -Jun 02, 2024)
The Difficult Airway Course: Emergency™ is organized by Airway Management Education Center (AMEC) and will be held from May 31 - Jun 02, 2024 at Park MGM Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America.
Description:
is the only national CME program that teaches the widely-adopted, evidence-based approach to emergency airway management developed by Drs. Ron Walls, Michael Murphy and Robert Luten
PURPOSE & OBJECTIVES
Airway Management is one of the most critical skills in Emergency Medicine. This course is designed to provide participants with
state-of-the-art information and hands-on experience that ensure effective and appropriate management of airway emergencies.
Upon successful completion of the course, the participant will be able to:
• Have a clear conceptual framework for Difficult Airway Management in the emergency setting.
• Be able to identify the Difficult, Unanticipated/Emergency Difficult and Failed airway.
• Have a rapid and systematic approach for the management of each of these clinical dilemmas.
• Be familiar with the devices and techniques needed to manage these clinical dilemmas, and when and how to use them.
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:
• Instruction by a world-class faculty.
• Code Airway™ stations: Challenging medical simulations to reinforce decision-making and skills.
• Focused sessions on Pediatric Airways, Trauma, Medical Emergencies, Difficult and Failed Airways.
• Detailed instruction in a variety of challenging patient scenarios:
• elevated ICP
• pulmonary edema
• cardiogenic shock
• status asthmaticus
• foreign body in the airway
• direct airway trauma
• multiple trauma with shock
• and many more.
• Dynamic and interactive learning environment.
HANDS-ON TRAINING IN
CRUCIAL AIRWAY TECHNIQUES
• Percutaneous and surgical cricothyrotomy
• Video laryngoscopy
• Fiberoptic stylets and guides
• Optically enhanced laryngoscopy
• Extraglottic devices
• Awake intubation
• Flexible endoscopic intubation
• Pediatric airway skills
• Techniques for the obese patient
Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.
