Practical Emergency Airway Management Courses
Course Benefits Dates Location Schedule Tuition Registration Additional Course Information
The best airway course available anywhere!
What makes this course unique?
This course is not a parade of every difficult airway device – it is an in-depth look at effective approaches to airway management that you will actually use in your next intubation and difficult airway in the ED. There is a unique focus on airway anatomy and imaging combined with a unique opportunity to practice the techniques on non-embalmed cadavers. The overall goal of the course is to develop the skills and strategies that promote patient safety and increase provider confidence.
- Full Day, Hands-on Procedural Training with Fresh Cadavers
- Limited Class Size – 16 cadavers for 16 participants
- Secrets of first pass laryngoscopy success
- Fiberoptic augmentation of every laryngoscopy
- A practical airway algorithm based on the route of intubation and RSI decision making
- Rescue ventilation and rescue intubation techniques
- Included course textbook: The Airway Cam Guide to Intubation and Practical Emergency Airway Management
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February 7-8
March 6-7
April 3-4
May 1-2
June 5-6
July 10-11
September 4-5
October 2-3
November 6-7
December 4-5
University of Maryland Medical Center Learning Center and the Maryland State Anatomy Board, Baltimore MD
| Day 1 |
|
| 7:30-7:45 am |
Registration |
| 7:45-8:00 am |
Introduction / Overview of course |
| 8:00-9:30 am |
Airway Algorithms and Patient Safety in Emergency Airway Management |
| 9:30-9:45 am |
Break / Questions |
| 9:45- 11:30 am |
Laryngoscopy Strategies for First Pass Success |
| 11:30 am – 12:00pm |
Video Review Adult and Pediatric Laryngoscopy Cases |
| 12:00 – 1:00 pm |
Lunch at the Penn Restaurant (Group / Discussion) |
| 1:00-1:30 pm |
Nasal intubation |
| 1:30-2:00 pm |
Rescue Ventilation |
| 2:00-2:15 pm |
Break / Questions |
| 2:15-3:00 pm |
Rescue Intubation and Principles of Fiberoptic Intubation |
| 3:00-3:45 pm |
Rapid Sequence Intubation Pharmacology |
| 3:45- 4:10 pm |
Surgical airways |
| 4:10-4:55 pm |
Pediatric Intubation |
| 4:55-5:00 pm |
Wrap up and Review; Lab Day Instructions and Planning |
| Day 2 |
|
| 7:45-8:00 am |
Meet in the Medical Center Lobby |
| 8:00-8:15 am |
Walk to 655 W. Baltimore St. (Anatomy Lab) and change into scrubs |
| 8:15-8:30 am |
Lab Overview and Schedule |
| 8:30-10:00 am |
Curved Blade Direct Laryngoscopy |
| 10:00-11:00 am |
Stylets, Bougies, Fiberoptic Stylets |
| 11:00-11:30 am |
Straight Blade Laryngoscopy |
| 11:30-11:45 am |
Introduction to Supraglottic Airways |
| 11:45 am -12:00 pm |
Clean up and walk over to Penn Restaurant |
| 12:00-1:00 pm |
Lunch at Penn Restaurant (Group / Discussion) |
| 1:00-2:00 pm |
Rescue Ventilation and Rescue Intubation, Alternative Devices |
| 2:00-2:30 pm |
Surgical Airways Video Review and Overview |
| 2:30-3:30 pm |
Surgical Airways: Melker Percutaneous, Open Cricothyrotomy |
| 3:30-4:00 pm |
Practice with Different Devices |
| 4:00 pm |
Course Evaluations and Clean-Up |
The tuition is $1,495 and includes lunch on both days. A $100 processing fee is charged for all cancellations. Full refunds, less the $100 fee, are provided if cancellation occurs at least 45 days in advance of the course.
Substitution of participants is permitted, less the $100 fee. Cancellations without substitution made between 10 and 45 days incur a $500 charge. There are no refunds for cancellations within 10 days. Due to the limited enrollment and over subscription of prior classes, early registration is advised. Group discounts may be available when booking for 10 or more physicians, depending upon space availability. No resident or student discounts are provided.
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EMS Education Office, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia – phone: 215-951-8672. Fax: 215-951-8097. E-mail: airwaycourse@einstein.edu.
Additional Course Information
Course Director: Richard Levitan, MD, FACEP
Dr. Levitan is responsible for the course design and is the principal lecturer. He invented the direct laryngoscopy imaging system (the Airway Cam) and the Levitan FPS optical stylet. He has been continuously involved in imaging and research of direct laryngoscopy for 13 years and now practices emergency medicine at the Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia. He has lectured and published extensively on airway management and is the author of the 324 page, full color, course textbook, The Airway Cam Guide to Intubation and Practical Emergency Airway Management. All participants also receive The Airway Cam Pocket Guide to Intubation.
Faculty
Kenneth Butler, DO; William C. Kinkle, RN, EMT, Lab Manager; James T. Pisaturo, EMT-P.
Sponsors:
ACEP; Pennsylvania ACEP; The Department of Emergency Medicine, The Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia PA; The Department of Emergency Medicine, The University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD.
The course is tailored to emergency physicians, but critical care physicians, hospitalists, and pre-hospital personnel are welcome.
Course Disclaimer:
The course is planned to have 16 cadavers for the 16 participants, with each participant having the experience to practice repeat laryngoscopy and other techniques on each cadaver, as well as surgical airways on their own specimen. The 1:1 ratio of cadavers to participants has been achieved in approximately 95% of our prior courses. It is possible a 1:1 ratio of cadavers to participants may not occur. In such instances, the initial surgical procedures will be prioritized to registrants in the order in which they were enrolled. All participants will get to do each procedure; however, some persons may need to use the tracheal spaces instead of the cricothyroid membrane. The final cadaver count is not known until the day before the class.
Accreditation
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of ACEP and Pennsylvania ACEP. The American College of Emergency Physicians is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American College of Emergency Physicians designates this educational activity for a maximum of 16 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Approved by the American College of Emergency Physicians for 16 hours of ACEP Category I credit.
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