St. Francis Medical Center
Trauma
Classrooms: 1 & 2
June 9 th 2016
16:00-20:00

St. Francis Medical Center

Trauma Airway Course

•  OR Trauma Skills Review
•  Conventional and Difficult Airway Techniques – Charles Ripp, MD
•  Difficult Pediatric Airway- Rachel Hernandez, MD
•  Use of airway Equipment and Fiber optic Intubation- John Yu, MD
•  Demonstration and practicum: Groups A & B
•  Cricothyrotomy lecture with lab – William Lechuga Jr., MD
•  Airway equipment demonstration in Operating Room

TARGET AUDIENCE: Anesthesiologists, Trauma surgeons, Emergency Dept. Physicians, FFL

Nurses; nursing, PA’s and NP’s, Paramedics

Current practice Identification of patients at risk for difficult airways
Best practice Successful identification of patient requiring a surgical airway, securing the
Resulting gap Proficient utilization of best practice airway management techniques

Objective(s)
1. Recognize patients at risk for difficult intubation airway and familiarity of the equipment used
2. Identify appropriate measures used to secure the airway
3. Demonstrate appropriate techniques for difficult airway management by utilizing current available equipment

$10.00 enrollment fee per physician attendee.

To enroll please contact Sherrie Rozwick at (719) 776-5926 or Sherrie

Rozwick@Centura.org