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Advanced Airways Lab (emRIC Skills Day) | April 16, 2024

Date of Presentation: April 16, 2024

Type: Training  

Audience: Clinical  

Program: Emergency Medicine with Rural and Indigenous Communities/IHS  

Keywords: #airways  

Description for Providers: As emergency medicine providers, having the skills to manage difficult airways is crucial in rural settings with limited resources. In this skills lab, we will review various approaches to the difficult airway including cricothyrotomy, awake and fiberoptic intubations, and pediatric needle cricothyrotomy. We will provide hands-on experience and participants will have the opportunity to talk through their worst airway nightmares.

Description for Nursing Staff: This lab is part of the *Critical Nursing Skills workshop (including the following topics: intubation assistance, cricothyrotomy, jet ventilations, and flexible scope intubation) and will provide a general overview of procedures, nursing roles, and identification of instruments.

In anticipation of the lab, please take a moment to review the following asynchronous learning prior to the event:

Date added: March 7, 2024