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Volume 2, No. 6, December 29, 2004
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- Because if Your Patient Can't Breathe -

Nothing Else Matters!!!

 

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The SLAM Emergency Airway Flowchart: An Airway Algorithm for the 21st Century
TeamSLAM Airway Provider Program
TeamSLAM  Express 1 - Day Advanced Airway Workshops 

SLAM-Dallas 2005

TeamSLAM  Corporate Human Airway Cadaver Lab

TeamSLAM  Basic Human Airway Cadaver Workshop

Quality Products & Equipment for Airway Management
TeamSLAM Risk Management Services

TeamSLAM  Knowledge Center

  • Emergency Airway Management Photos
  • Abstracts, Manuscripts and Reviews are Arranged Topically Here
  • Cross-links to Other Valuable Airway URLs
  • PubMed Keyword Search Engine with 50 Airway Management Key Words

Contact Information for TeamSLAM  Executive Director

Contact Information for TeamSLAM  Event Planner

  • Brian Cudaback, LP
  • C/O SLAM, PO Box 2168, Rowlett, TX 75030-2168
  • Mobile Phone (817)  980-1899
  • Pager: (817) 227-4753
  • Email:
    cudaback169@yahoo.com


SLAM Dallas 2005

Emergency Airway Provider Conference Human Airway Cadaver Lab and Much MORE!!!!!

April 15 - 17, 2005

Dallas, Texas

Sponsored by International Trauma Care ITACCS.com

Conference Includes

  • Lectures
  • Human Airway Cadaver Lab
  • AirMan Advanced Airway Management Instruction
  • Porcine Cricothyrotomy Lab
  • Featured speaker is Michael Frass - Combitube Inventor
  • A Host of  Seasoned Airway Management Instructors
  • 2-Year SLAM Emergency Airway Provider Card
  • Certificate of Attendance
  • Continuing education credits for Physicians (AMA Category I); Nurses (ASTNA); CRNAs (AANA); Paramedics (CECBEMS)
  • Food and refreshments
  • Course Handbook
  • See Below for a Detailed Course Overview
Register for the workshop at:
 
 

Check out the human airway cadaver lab videos at: www.airwayeducation.com

Download a brochure at:  http://airwayeducation.com/PDFs/SLAM_Dallas_2005.pdf

Attend one of three 2-day sessions:

  • Session 1
    • Friday April 15 and 16, 2005
    • Friday - Lectures from 12 noon to 5 p.m.
    • Saturday - Hands-on from 8 A.M. to 5 P.M.
  • Session 2
    • Friday April 15 and 16, 2005
    • Friday - Hands-on from 8 A.M. to 5 P.M.
    • Saturday - Lecture from 12 noon to 5 P.M.
  • Session 3
    • Saturday April 16 and 17, 2005
    • Saturday April 16 Lecture - 12 noon to 5 P.M.
    • Sunday April 17 Hands-on - 8 A.M. to 5 P.M.

 COST - The Best Value in Airway Management Instruction - (similar courses cost up to $1000)

Physician - $500

CRNA - $400

RN - $350

Paramedic - $300

Student or resident - $250

 Number of attendees is strictly limited so please take advantage of this offer immediatley in order to reserve your place.

There will be no late registration fees charged and the price at the door will be the same as the above prices.

 

Please check the website for more details at AirwayEducation.com

The Parker College facilities and nearby accomodations for this workshop are superb. 

  • Don't miss out on this great bargain. 
  • We look forward to seeing you there.

Parker College
2500 Walnut Hill Lane • Dallas, Texas 75229.

 
Lodging is a stones throw away and available at:
 
The Drury Inn
Phone 972-484-3330
2421 Walnut Hill Lane
Dallas, TX 75229
 
Parker College Rate $56.99 for a double room with two double beds.
 
OR
 
 
Hampton Inn
11069 Composite Drive
Dallas, TX75229
 
Phone 972-484-6557
 
Weekend Rate is $62 for a double room with two double beds.
 
Both hotels are only about 200 yards from the college.  Both hotels have plenty of space at this time.
 
 
Register for the workshop at:
 
 
Course Overview 
  • Difficult and emergency airway 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 -
    • Emergency / difficult airway technique selection criteria
    • Drugs for emergency airway management
    • Rescue Ventilation Techniques
    • Airway Assessment
    • Traumatized airway and cervical spine protection
    • Obstetric Airway Pearls
    • Pediatric Airway Pearls
    • Rapid Sequence Induction and Intubation
    • Rescuing and preventing difficult/failed intubation
    • Confirmation of tracheal intubation and monitoring of lung ventilation. -
    • Cricothyrotomy
  • 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 -  AMBU - VBM
  • Covered content for the hands-on will include: -
    • Rescue ventilation station (Combitube and Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA)) (LMA-Classic & LMA-Unique) -
    • Fundamentals of tracheal intubation station
    • Primary ventilation station
  • Difficult intubation stations
    • 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 214-232-7871 email - slamquestion@gmail.com FAX 972-463-4704
  • We look forward to seeing you at the conference
 

 

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