Course Objectives 1. Develop a plan of care for a patient with an anticipated difficult airway. 2. Demonstrate ways to rescue a failed intubation. 3. Demonstrate the use of supraglottic airway devices (SADs) for rescue ventilation. 4. Demonstrate the use of the LMA-Fastrach in difficult airway management. 5. Demonstrate proper use of videolaryngoscopy. 6. Demonstrate how to perform bougie-assisted intubation. 7. Demonstrate special techniques to overcome difficult laryngoscopy. 8. Discuss proper use of airway drugs. 9. List effective options for management of the traumatized airway. 10. Demonstrate how to perform transtracheal jet ventilation (TTJV), percutaneous dilatational cricothyrotomy and surgical cricothyrotomy. 11. Demonstrate how to perform rapid sequence intubation. 12. Demonstrate how to overcome an unanticipated difficult airway. 13. Discuss airway management implications in morbidly obese patients. 14. Discuss AHA-approved methods to confirm tracheal intubation and monitor lung ventilation. Over the past decade SLAM has successfully trained thousands of practitioners from across the spectrum of healthcare. We provide multidisciplinary instruction and application of basic, advanced and special airway considerations. The system is based on the SLAM Concept, which demonstrates that airway management is a common area of overlap for anesthesia, EMS, emergency medicine and respiratory care. We teach peer-reviewed strategies for resolving the difficult airway and improving outcome. This full-day workshop features cutting- edge management strategies for routine, emergency or difficult airway management and includes hands- on training with state-of-the art equipment. Expert Airway Training at Your Location for Your Organization: SRNA/Resident • EMS/RN/RT CRNA/MD/DO This full-day course includes lectures, hands-on stations, CEs, food and refreshments. The SLAM textbook by James Michael Rich, CRNA, is for sale by many major booksellers: • Oxygenation, ventilation, intubation • Decision-making in airway management • Bougie-assisted intubation • Rescue ventilation • Videolaryngoscopy and use of fiberoptic stylets • Basic through advanced airway techniques We can accommodate special requests or requirements: • RSI & difficult airway simulation lab • Flexible fiberoptic intubation • More or less emphasis on any special topics or requirements for your group: – Closed-space rescue – TI, DL, videolaryngoscopy or RSI – Rescue ventilation – Retrograde intubation – Sedation & analgesia overview Let us know if your budget requires special pricing. Patients suffering injury and death from failure to ventilate – not failure to intubate! If your patient can’t breathe – Nothing Else Matters! Breathing is the Key – Education is the Answer Continuing Education Information Approved for 10 AMA Cat I PRA CMEs. SLAM ® Airway On-Demand Course We Come to You If Your Patient Can’t Breathe, Nothing Else Matters! SLAM 3526 Lakeview/Pkwy Suite B-238/Rowlett, TX 75088 Phone: 214=578-1731 Fax: 210-910-6242 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.slamairway.com Twitter: @slamairwayman LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jimrich/