Upcoming Dates and Locations
Course Fees:
Tuition includes
Cancellations are subject to a $100 fee. Requests to cancel must be made more than 48 hours before the start of the course to be eligible for a partial refund.
Requests to reschedule to a different course must be made more than 48 hours before the start of the course. The reschedule fee of $50 will be waived for the first reschedule request. Fees will apply for subsequent reschedule requests.
No refunds will be granted to those who do not attend and do not cancel or request to reschedule according to the policies above.
This is singularly the best CME course I have been to in my 25 years in practice! I believe this should become the ACLS for Airway and a requirement for all anesthesia residents to graduate their training program. Thank you!!
This was my third time in 10 years attending the course. I learn something new each time!
This is hands down the best CME event I’ve done in my 35 years as an anesthesiologist. Keep up the splendid work!
Setting the Standard
Thousands of physicians world-wide come to our course for intensive training in the most critical elements of difficult airway management. Highlights include:
- Instruction by a world-class faculty of airway experts with an unparalleled passion for teaching.
- Content, techniques and “pearls” that benefit even the most experienced providers.
- Hands-on sessions featuring challenging Code AirwayTM stations.
- Focus on difficult airway management, difficult extubation, failed airway management and crisis team leadership.
- Dynamic and interactive learning environment.
Hands-on Training in Crucial Airway Techniques
- Awake Intubation — When & How
- Topical Anesthesia
- Open Cricothyrotomy
- Extubation and Tube Exchange
- Crisis Team Leadership
- Video Laryngoscopy
- Flexible Endoscopic Intubation
- Lighted and Fiberoptic Intubating Stylets and Guides
- Techniques for the Obese Patient
- Simulation Case Reinforcing Cognitive Information
- Up-to-Date Evidence
Accreditation
SCP Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 17.75 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
An additional 3.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM will be awarded for the Lung Separation Workshop.
The Difficult Airway Course: AnesthesiaTM has been approved by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists for 17.75 Class A CE Credits; Code Number 1038651; Expiration Date 11/15/2020.
The Lung Separation Workshop has been approved by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists for 3.5 Class A CE Credits; Code Number 1038623, Expiration Date 11/15/2020.
National Commission for Certification of Anesthesiologist Assistants (NCCAA) will accept CME credit for programs approved for continuing education credit by the American Medical Association (AMA), American Association of Physicians Assistants (AAPA), and Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).
Participants in the ANZCA and FPM CPD program may claim these courses as a CICO emergency response activity in their CPD portfolio. Recognition Code: ER-19-CICO-134; Expiration Date June 30, 2022.
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Typical Course Schedule (final schedule distributed on-site)
Day 1
Lung Separation Workshop (optional/pre-registration required)
6:30-7:30 am
Optional Workshop Registration/Continental Breakfast
7:30-8:00 am
Introduction to Lung Separation
8:00-11:15 am
Left-sided DLT placement, confirmation and troubleshooting.
Right-sided DLT placement, confirmation and troubleshooting.
Placement of Bronchial Blockers
The Difficult Airway Course: Anesthesia
11:00 – 11:45 am
Registration
11:45 - 12:15 pm
Course Introduction
Welcome and Standard of Care
12:15 - 12:55 pm
Difficult Airway Decisions
12:55 - 1:15 pm
Airway Anatomy
1:15 - 1:30 pm
Live Self-Scope Demonstration
1:30 - 1:45 pm
Break/Exhibits
1:45 - 2:45 pm
Difficult Airways & Awake Intubation
2:45 - 3:00 pm
Break/Exhibits
3:00 - 6:00 pm
Workshops:
Emergency Awake Intubation
Non-Emergency Awake Intubation
Management of the Difficult Airway/Awake Intubation
Day 2
6:30 - 7:30 am
Registration/Breakfast
Cornerstone: Managing the Failed Airway
7:30-8:30 am
Definition & Failed Algorithms/Failed Intubation & Failed Oxygenation
Break
8:30 - 8:45 am
Break
8:45 am – 12:00 pm
Workshops:
Management of the Failed Airway
Surgical Management of the Failed Airway
Case Discussions:
Failed Intubation/Failed Oxygenation
10:15 - 10:30 am
Break
12:00 – 1:00 pm
Lunch (provided)
Skills Practice
1:00 - 1:15 pm
Break
Cornerstone: Managing an Airway Crisis
1:15-2:15 pm
Crisis and Leadership Management Team
2:15 – 2:30 pm
Break
2:30 – 5:00 pm
Code Airway™ Simulations
Day 3
Cornerstone: Endotracheal Tube Exchange & Extubation of the Difficult Airway
6:30-7:30 am
Registration/Continental Breakfast
7:30-8:30 am
Extubation and Airway Exchange Catheters
8:30-10:30 am
Case Discussions: Intra-Op & Extubation
Airway Exchange Catheters & Additional FOB
10:30-11:30 am
Interactive Exam Review and Final Wrap-up
Purpose & Objectives
Target Audience
Anesthesiologists, Nurse Anesthetists and Anesthesiologist Assistants.
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