Airway, Anesthesia & Analgesia Package

6 Courses – $69 – CME Hours: 4.25 Hrs

Description:

This package discusses challenging airway management, including device selection, anatomic and physiologic hazards, and the rapid management of a dying patient. This lecture discusses pediatric airway management in the emergency department and how to anticipate and avoid trouble during intubation in these cases. Ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia in the emergency department, best practices for palliative care in the emergency department and reviews how to safely perform intubations prior to the induction of general anesthesia.

Learning Objectives:

On completion of this library, you will gain a further understanding of:

• Anatomic and physiologic hazards of airway management.
• Review device selection in the context of difficult airway management.
• Learn how to rapidly and effectively put together a plan for a patient dying due to a difficult airway.
• Highlight common airway management hurdles.
• Discuss how to avoid airway management pitfalls in the future.
• Discuss when and why you should perform awake intubation in the emergency department.
• Discuss awake nasal and oral fiberoptic intubations, including conditions in which to perform one and the supplies you will need.
• Discuss awake video laryngoscopy, including required conditions and the best positions to perform one.
• Determine your goals and treatment plan when managing pediatric airway problems.
• Review the best management for obstructions in pediatric airways.
• Discuss intubation in a pediatric airway emergency.
• Review the best tools and medications to use in the management of pediatric airway patients in the emergency department.
• Discuss the effectiveness of and the tools available for airway management in the emergency department today.
• Review what defines a “difficult” and “failed” airway. Discuss the patient characteristics that predict a difficult airway.
• Learn how to anticipate and avoid trouble during intubation in the emergency department.
• Determine which anesthetic to use in which cases.
• Review the indications for using ultrasound when providing anesthesia.
• Review different cases of ultrasound-guided anesthesia used in the emergency department.
• Identify generalist vs. specialty level palliative care.
• Describe best practices in emergency medicine for palliative care.
• Describe 4 ways to move the dial on better ED palliative care.

Courses:

1. Breathe Easy – Airway Cases Managed by Experts: ACEP Connect
2. Been There, but Hope to Never Do That Again: Averting Common Airway Errors
3. Avoiding Pediatric Airway Panic: Advanced Pediatric Airway Management
4. The Unexpected Difficult Airway: How to Avoid It & How to Manage It
5. Blocks Unblinded: Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia
6. Palliative Care in the ED