“This course is the best course that I have experienced in over 15 years.  Every aspect of the course is applicable to my practice.  A real confidence booster."
Stephen Thompson, NREMT-P, Arizona

“This course is the gold standard for any practicing paramedic with RSI capabilities. I added many tools to my tool box.”
Dawn Vogt, MICP

“This course was the best airway oriented training that I have ever had. It was refreshing to expand on my experience in such a practical and vital way.”
Scott L. Booth, REMTP

“I loved this course. It took my skills a level beyond my training and experience.”
Jason K. Kinser, FF/NREMT-P

“Every practicing paramedic should be required to take this course. It has changed the way that I will approach airway management.”
Cindy Johnson, RN, NREMT-P

“Fantastic course! I wish this information was incorporated in every paramedic’s initial training. This is one of those 'must have’ courses for any provider.”
Mike Clumpner, MBA, NREMT-P

“Very professional, very informative - the caliber of faculty and the personable approach to the material made this course the best I’ve attended in 20 years. The emphasis on teaching, showing, demonstrating and then practicing the skills was great. The faculty completely removed the anxiety factor from the students. The handouts are top notch. The course was a confidence booster in knowledge and skills. Great job!”
Alan W. Sosebee, RN

“An awesome course that has greatly increased my confidence level and my knowledge of a wider variety of options.  This information should be included in all paramedic programs.”
Jim Thomas, EMT-P, Colorado

“This is an incredible airway course and all advanced personnel should take the course--great job!"
Starlett Bixby, RN, Pennsylvania

The Definitive EMS Airway Course

• Experience the only EMS airway course that is designed by the authors of the definitive airway textbook, Manual of Emergency Airway Management - Drs. Ron Walls, Michael Murphy and Robert Luten.  Participants receive a copy of the Manual (a $72.00 value!).
  

  

• Learn the full range of Airway Management techniques - including use of extraglottic devices, drug-assisted intubation and cricothyrotomy.
• Work with expert faculty who know the unique challenges facing EMS providers.  All of our faculty members perform airway management regularly in their clinical practices.
• Use all of the airway devices in small group sessions.
• Practice decision making and airway techniques in Code Airway Stations.
• Face the most challenging patient scenarios in a no-risk environment.  These include: elevated ICP, pulmonary edema, cardiogenic shock, status asthmaticus, foreign body in the airway, direct airway trauma, multiple trauma with shock, and many more.
• Meet your continuing education requirements.  This course is approved by CECBEMS, ASTNA and AAPA.

Didactic and Hands-on Training in Crucial Airway Techniques

• Prediction of the Difficult Airway
• Difficult airway evaluation using video laryngoscopes designed for EMS
• Drug-assisted Intubation (including RSI)
• Pediatric airway management
• Laryngeal mask airways for intubation
• Intubating stylets and advanced laryngoscopy techniques
• Surgical Cricothyrotomy:  open and percutaneous techniques
• Extraglottic devices (supraglottic and infraglottic)
• Digital and nasal intubation 
• End-tidal CO2 detection and capnography*
• CPAP and BiPAP*
• Ventilator Management*
  
  *Denotes additional lectures that may be presented depending on local protocols and policies, time availability and request.

Course Fees

2012 CE Credits

15.0 Contact Hours have been provided by the Air & Surface Transport Nurses Association (Certificate #2011-22).  ASTNA is an approved provider for the California Board of Registered Nursing CEP 13575.

This continuing education is approved by the Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency Medical Services (CECBEMS).  CECBEMS Activity #11-CECB-F2-2500.  CEH Number and Type:  15.0 Advanced.

This program has been reviewed and is approved for a maximum of 15 hours of AAPA Category 1 CME credit by the Physician Assistant Review Panel.  Physician assistants should claim only those hours actually spent participating in the CME activity.  This program was planned in accordance with AAPA's CME Standards for Live Programs and for Commercial Support of Live Programs.

Dear EMS Provider:

EMS providers face significant challenges with regard to airway management, oxygenation and ventilation in critically ill or traumatized patients.  For many decades, BMV and ETI have been the mainstays of airway management in the prehospital setting in spite of nagging doubts as to their rightful place in the EMS airway armament.

Fortunately, the scientific research is starting to paint a clearer picture of the newest group of devices--extraglottic devices (EGDs)--and their effectiveness in the hands of basic, intermediate and advanced life support providers.  Research suggests that the use of EGDs primarily or as first line rescue from a failed intubation in unresponsive patients is clearly supported as an airway management technique.

In The Difficult Airway Course: EMS™, you will be introduced to the full spectrum of airway devices--including proven EGDs.  Then you will be fully prepared for a future where EGDs figure prominently with BMV and ETI as recommended techniques--a paradigm shift that we believe will improve the experiences of patients and providers alike.  

Michael F. Murphy, MD
National Director
mmurphy@theairwaysite.com