Emergency Airway Management at the Front Door (11 CPD points)

A bespoke airway course designed to upskill clinicians to deliver high quality advanced airway management and emergency anaesthesia during patient resuscitation in the Emergency Department and prehospital setting.

This course has been developed to address the teaching and training need in EAM and takes advantage of:

• high-fidelity simulation facilities (at Cardiff University’s Emergency Medicine Academic Centre (EMAC)
• small group teaching of just 3 delegates per group
• highly skilled and experienced consultant faculty (with years of experience of performing and leading intubation in both Emergency Departments and the pre-hospital environment)
• the course is equivalent to 11 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points.

Who it’s for

This course is primarily designed for all doctors and paramedics practising both in the emergency department and prehospital setting, who already have basic skills in laryngoscopy and airway management. Content is appropriate for emergency physicians working in Wales, the UK and internationally.

What you’ll learn

Course content has been created in alignment with Royal College of Emergency Medicine curriculum and European Society of Emergency medicine recommendations for EAM. Delegates will learn modern EAM skills required by all emergency physicians in the resus room. On completion of this clinical CPD course delegates should be able to:

• perform RSI and DSI (including deciding on the appropriate drugs)
• manage the heavily soiled airway (using the SALAD technique)
• use hyperangulated blades for challenging anatomical airways
• manage the intra-cardiac arrest airway
• establish mechanical ventilation and post intubation sedation
• optimise patients' anatomy and physiology prior to and during laryngoscopy
• Develop and practice skills in emergency front of neck airway (eFONA)

Topics covered

Pre-course learning (3 hours)

eLearning modules consist of a video lectures and demonstrations, up-to-date reading recommendations and optional formative questions to test knowledge. All course material will be provided for 6 weeks before and 6 weeks after the face-to-face course.

Face to face course (7 hours)

The face to face component is where delegates will be working in small groups of 3 to develop their skills with guidance from high performing emergency physicians through simulation and extensive debrief and discussion. The following is the timetable for the day:

Please note:

• the example timetable above is subject to change
• the optional end-of-course social meal is not included in the price.

Post-course 'open book' eAssessment (1 hour)

The post-course eAssessment will open following the face-to-face component. It can be sat in an open-book asynchronous fashion within 6 weeks of the end of the face-to-face course.

Benefits

This course has been issued with 11 CPD points. Other benefits include:

• blended delivery approach: eLearning component allows you to learn flexibly, in your own time, while the face-to-face session offers practical multidisciplinary peer learning
• small group teaching of only 3 delegates
• delivered by experienced faculty with high level skills in intubation and emergency medicine critical care delivery
• train with high-fidelity manikins and equipment simulating challenging resuscitation room conditions
• use of modern video laryngoscopes in keeping with current recommended practice
• network with peers and form mentorships to allow for ongoing practice and development.

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