Advanced Airway in Emergency Care

Assessment and Management of the Airway in the Emergency Patient

Please note there is a new version of the course.

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The course is an accredited learning activity for 6 hours for medical and nursing continuing professional development.

For GPs the course is an accredited CPD activity for the 2023-2025 triennium with ACRRM (Course Code : 29006 : 3.5 Educational Activity and 2.5 Reviewing Performance Hours) and RACGP (Course Code : 409655: 3.5 Educational Activity and 2.5 Reviewing Performance Hours).

Latest Course update: January 2024

Designed for medical officers, nurses, paramedics and students in all medical fields.

The airway is the first priority in the assessment and management of the seriously ill or injured patient. What happens in the first minutes of a resuscitation may significantly determine a patient's chances of survival, risk for complications and long term disability. In this topic we examine the procedure and techniques for treating airway obstruction and explore the procedure for providing definitive airway management using the technique of rapid sequence intubation.

The course explores the following topics:

1. Core principles in the assessment and management of the emergency airway

2. Preparing for definitive airway management

3. Pharmacology of the agents required in rapid sequence intubation

4. Rapid sequence intubation – procedure and complications