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Course Dates and Locations
April 16 - 18, 2010
Seattle, Washington
May 21 - 23, 2010
Boston, Massachusetts
June 11 - 13, 2010
Washington, D.C.
September 10 - 12, 2010
St. Louis, Missouri
October 22 - 24, 2010
Atlanta, Georgia
November 19 - 21, 2010
Las Vegas, Nevada
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“The best course I have ever attended, period!”
Ethsun R. Mirza, MD, Providence, RI
“Great course. The didactics were really great and hands-on really increased confidence. Extremely knowledgeable faculty.” Bruce Adams, MD, Fort Sam Houston, TX
“Excellent, very supportive environment which is conducive to learning.” Nick Gyles, MD, Fayetteville, AR
“I finally got to attend the ‘gold standard’ difficult airway course and was not disappointed. Difficult airway cases are some of the most frightening, and this course will help me to handle both adult and peds cases with much more organization and confidence.” Greg Hamel, MD, Manhattan, KS
“Excellent. I will now be able to anticipate intubations rather than fear that one may be needed during any shifts at the ER.” Michel Garcia, MD, Kuujjuaq, Quebec, Canada
“This is the best CME conference I’ve ever attended, everything was useful. Nothing wasted my time - thank you.”
Jonathan Slater, DO, Bloomington, IL
“This was the most well-organized, comprehensive education program in emergency airway management I have ever attended. I will recommend it to all providers of emergency airway care from paramedic to ED physician. The clinical scenario-based format was extremely informative and enjoyable.” William J. Powell, NREMT-P, CCEMT-P, Glen Allen, VA
“Excellent - best organized, most hands-on course with 100% application to my practice of emergency medicine with experts in the field.”
Roy F. C. Praker, RPAC, Lake Placid, NY
“You think you know everything about managing airways until you take this course. There are great little pearls that will change my practice for years to come.”
Gigi Alsdel-Samed, MD, Milledgeville, GA
“Excellent course. The faculty is not intimidating, very helpful. I will certainly take this course again if opportunity arises. I will recommend it to my colleagues.”
Rodrigo De Luna, MD, Timmons, Ontario, Canada
“Second time taking this course - still the best CME course I ever attended. I’ll be back.”
David Lubin, DO, Gainesville, GA
“Beyond a doubt - the most practical and appropriate course that I have ever attended. Fabulous!”
Jeff Weinberg, Toronto, ON, Canada
“I traveled 10,000 miles from the UK for this course and I was not disappointed.”
Simon Wyer,MRCS (Glas) MRCS (Eng) MFAEM, United Kingdom
“This was an absolutely wonderful course. I have used many of the devices that were discussed, but the degree of specifics has never been taught like this. I loved the decision and thought training given to me by the staff.”
Robert Hamilton, NREMT-P, Richmond, VA
“Best prepared course I have ever attended. I strongly believe it should be a requirement for all physicians involved in emergency care.”
O. F. Fonseca, MD, Norton, VA
“Extremely good course, very intensive, lots of hands-on training. I learned a lot. Faculty is amazingly good.”
Kshmata Shalini, MD, Stockbridge, WI
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Setting The Standard
Thousands of physicians worldwide come to our course for intensive training in difficult airway management. Highlights include:
- Instruction by a world class faculty.
- Simple airway algorithms that allow for an orderly, reproducible approach to any emergency airway.
- Small group, hands-on sessions exclusively focusing on difficult and failed airways, emphasizing rescue strategies and devices.
- Code Airway Stations: High fidelity medical simulators provide realistic patient experiences 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 supported by a state-of-the-art audience response system.
- Tuition includes the course textbook, Manual of Emergency Airway Management (© 2008 Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins).
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 fiberoptic intubation
- Lighted stylet intubation
- Aids for direct laryngoscopy
- Pediatric airway skills
- Techniques for the obese patient
- And more!
Purpose and 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.
Course objectives
Upon successful completion of the course, the participant will be able to:
- Know when and how to use Rapid Sequence Intubation (RSI) in emergency airway management.
- Anticipate and manage the difficult airway.
- Identify and manage the failed airway.
Target audience
The Difficult Airway Course: Emergency™ is intended for healthcare providers including Emergency Physicians, Intensivists, Hospitalists, Family Physicians, Paramedics, Flight Nurses, and Respiratory Therapists.
Course Fees
Tuition: $1195 USD
20% Discount available for:
- Hospital Physician Partners Physicians
- Emergency Medicine residents
10% Discount available for members of:
**All fees are exclusive of accommodation.
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 Hospital Physician Partners and Airway Management Education Center. Hospital Physician Partners is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
ACEP Credit
This activity has been approved by the American College of Emergency Physicians for 20.75 hours of ACEP Category 1 credit.
AAFP Credit
AMA CME Credit
Hospital Physician Partners designates this educational activity for a maximum of 21.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits(TM). Physicians should claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Hospital Physician Partners is committed to making its CME activities accessible to all individuals. If you are in need of an accommodation, please do not hesitate to call or submit a description of your needs in writing within 5 weeks of the activity.
A Message From the Course Director
Dear Colleague:
The best and most reliable foundation for medical education is evidence--fine-tuned by experience and expert judgement. The Difficult Airway Course™ draws from a faculty of over 40 emergency physicians, intensivists and anesthesia providers--all experts in airway management--from three countries on two continents. We work together to identify the best approaches and solutions to airway managment and then share these with colleagues from around the globe. We are proud of our interdisciplinary (and disciplined) approach to airway education and the profound impact it has had on many lives and careers.
When you take The Difficult Airway Course: Emergency™, you can rest assured knowing that you are getting the very best that scientific evidence and expert judgement have to offer.
We look forward to seeing you soon.
Sincerely, Ron M. Walls, MD, Course Director rwalls@theairwaysite.comChair, Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA |