The Definitive EMS Airway Course
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Learn the full range of airway management techniques — including use of video laryngoscopes & other advanced imaging devices, extraglottic devices, drug-assisted intubation and cricothyrotomy.
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Work with expert faculty who know the unique challenges facing EMS providers.
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Use proven airway devices in small group sessions.
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Practice decision-making and airway techniques in Code AirwayTM simulations.
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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.
Didactic and Hands-on Training
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Prediction of the Difficult Airway
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Video Laryngoscopy and other advanced imaging devices
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Medication-assisted Intubation (including RSI and RSA)
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Pediatric intubation
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Endotracheal tube introducers (bougie)
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Cricothyrotomy
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Extraglottic devices
Find a course near you
The Difficult Airway Course: EMS
Johnson City, TN
February 8 - 9, 2020
The Difficult Airway Course: EMS
Houston, TX
February 20 - 21, 2020
The Difficult Airway Course: EMS
Mt. Laurel , NJ
February 22 - 23, 2020
The Difficult Airway Course: EMS
Jersey City , NJ
March 3 - 4, 2020
The Difficult Airway Course: EMS
Des Moines, IA
March 19 - 20, 2020
The Difficult Airway Course: EMS
Reading,
March 30 - 31, 2020
Course Fees:
Course fees vary. Please contact the Authorized Training Center in your area for more information.
Become a Training Center
For further information about becoming an Authorized Training Center please contact Terry T. Steele at 860-679-9285 or [email protected]
Contact Course Director
CE/CH Credit
This continuing education activity is approved by First Airway, LLC, an organization accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Pre-Hospital Continuing Education (CAPCE). CAPCE Activity #19-FirstAir-F2-0001. CEH Number and Type: 16.0 Advanced.
16.0 Contact Hours have been provided by the Air & Surface Transport Nurses Association (Certificate #2017-49). ASTNA is an approved provider for the California Board of Registered Nursing CEP 13575.
NCCP Mapping
| NCCP National Component Sub Topics | Hours Met |
| Ventilation | 2 |
| Capnography | 1 |
| Oxygenation | 0.5 |
| Central Nervous System (CNS) Injury | 1 |
| Fluid Resuscitation | 0.5 |
| Medication Delivery | 1 |
| Pain Management | 1 |
| Crew Resource Management | 1 |
| Total Hours Met with The Difficult Airway Course: EMS™ | 8 |
This mapping is based on our assessment of The Difficult Airway Course: EMS and the 2016 NCCP National Component requirements.
For more information about NCCP National Component requirements, please visit https://www.nremt.org/rwd/public/document/nccp.
Regional Course Directors
| Name | Area | |
| Rudy Princi | [email protected] | USA: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island |
| Fred Ellinger | [email protected] | USA: Delaware, Washington DC, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania |
| Michael Keller | [email protected] | USA: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia |
| Kevin Franklin | [email protected] | USA: Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska |
| Cory Cox | [email protected] | USA: Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Alaska |
| Ken Davis | [email protected] | USA: Arkansas, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas Latin America: Ecuador, Chile, Mexico |
| James Habstritt | [email protected] | Canada: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan |
| Jamie Todd | [email protected] | Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Hungary, Former Yugoslavia (Bosnia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Serbia), Albania, Greece, Turkey, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Romania, Bulgaria and Moldova, Algeria, Israel, Saudi Arabia, South Africa |
| Estevão Lafuente, MD | [email protected] | Portugal, Spain, Gibraltar, Andorra |
| John Bastian Etti | [email protected] | Germany, Austria, Switzerland |