The workshop location which was previously planeed to be held over two weekends in Fort Worth has been rescheduled to be held on October 30 and 31, 2004 at  

Parker College of Chiropractic
2500 Walnut Hill Lane . Dallas, Texas 75229.

 

The new date is October 30 and 31.  the times are unchanged

 

10-30-04  Begin 12 noon and end at 6:00 p.m.

10-31-04   begin 8 a.m. and end by 6:00 p.m.

 

Course Overview 

• lecture,
• training using human cadavers,
• porcine cricothyrotomy lab using pig laryngeal-tracheal segments,
• laerdal AirMan computerized airway simulators and intubation trainers.
• Lecture: -
  • SLAM Emergency Airway Flowchart - A - Z management of the Human Airway - technique selection criteria -
  • Airway Assessment -
  • Rapid Sequence Induction -
  • Rescuing and overcoming difficult/failed intubation
  • Evidence-based confirmation of tracheal intubation and monitoring of lung ventilation. -
  • Criteria for Rescue Ventilation -
• Cricothyrotomy using pig laryngeal-tracheal segments for the porcine cricothyrotomy lab include:  percutaneous dilational cricothyrotomy and surgical cricothyrotmy.
• Hands-on instruction includes:
  • Human cadavers for the human airway cadaver lab
  • State  of the art airway simulators (AirMan or SimMan) -
  • Standard intubation training heads -  -
• Covered content for the hands-on will include: -
• Rescue ventilation station (Combitube and Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA)) (LMA-Classic & LMA-Unique) -
• Primary ventilation station -
• Difficult intubation station -
• Array of laryngoscopes - Levering laryngoscope (McCoy)
• Intubating laryngeal mask airway (ILMA or Fastrach) -
• Rigid fiberoptic intubation -
• Flexible fiberoptic intubation (if available) -
• Glide Scope Facilitated Intubation -
• Shikani Optical Stylet facilitated intubation -
• Special techniques for: -
  • patients with c-spine precautions -
  • patients who are morbidly obese -
  • other patients who require the neutral head position
  • Head Elevated Larynogscopy Position (HELP: Troop Elevation Pillow) -
  • External Laryngeal Manipulation (ELM) -
  • Backward-Upward-Rightward-Pressure (BURP) -
  • Bougie assisted intubation -
  • Retrograde Intubation Technique
• You cannot beat this course for the content and exposure you will receive about management of the emergency airway.
• No matter where you practice airway management (field, anesthesia, emergency medicine, other) you will be satisfied with the content.
• Certificate of Attendance: up to 15 hours of CE/CME is awarded
• A SLAM Airway Provider Card is awarded: Good for 2 years.
• A SLAM Bag with bougie introducer and other valuable information on airway management is provided (very practical).
• CE and CME will be provided by Air and Surface Transport Nurses Association, CECBEMS, Texas Dept of Health, International Trauma Anesthesia and Critical Care Society (ITACCS) and AANA.
• Please call or email if you have further questions: Jim Rich 972-463-0845 email - slamquestion@gmail.com FAX 972-463-4704
• We look forward to seeing you at the workshop