Advanced Airway Management Part One

Course overview

Objectives Describe the anatomy of the respiratory system and the physiology of breathing Identify barriers the provider may encounter when managing an airway Content Airway Anatomy Structure and function of the upper and lower airway Airway Assessment Purpose and importance of airway evaluation Systematic airway assessment procedures Recognition and anticipation of the difficult airway Techniques for Maintaining a Patent Airway Manual airway maneuvers Mechanical airway adjuncts Management of foreign body airway obstruction Blind insertion airway devices Endotracheal intubation techniques Direct visualized laryngoscopy Non visualized intubation techniques Percutaneous cricothyrotomy Comprehensive Ventilation Assessment Purpose and methodology of ventilation assessment Evaluation of minute volume and alveolar ventilation Physiologic effects of artificial ventilation Monitoring ventilation using Pulse oximetry Arterial blood gas analysis Capnography Ventilation Devices Manual ventilation devices Mechanical ventilation devices Assisting Patient Ventilations Ventilation techniques including Purpose Indications Contraindications Potential complications Procedural considerations Physiologic differences between spontaneous breathing and positive pressure ventilation Noninvasive ventilation modalities BiPAP CPAP Application and effects of Positive End Expiratory Pressure PEEP