Airway workshop: On Demand

Dr. William Rosenblatt, Professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery at the Yale School of Medicine, will travel to your institution to present this important information. Participants will learn about decision-making in airway management and the application of a full range of techniques and devices. After 4 hours of multimedia lecture, there will be a 2-hour, hands-on session featuring flexible, rigid, malleable, and digital optical devices, intubating stylets, supraglottic airways and invasive airways. *Patient simulation and swine trachea lab are optional depending on availability.

Course Prerequisites There are no course prerequisites. This course is recommended for Anesthesiologists, Nurse Anesthetists, Emergency Medicine Physicians, Critical Care Physicians, Respiratory Therapists, Emergency Medicine Technicians, Medical and Nursing Students and others who manage patient airways.

Sample Course Curriculum
(may be customized and scheduled for day or evening)

Hour 1:
~ Decision-making and patient evaluation in airway management
~ Aids to direct laryngoscopy

Hour 2:
~ Inhalation induction of the difficult airway patient
~ Preparation for awake intubation
~ Indirect vision aided intubation (e.g., fiberoptic and others)
~ Minimally invasive techniques of intubation

Hour 3:
~ Supraglottic rescue airways (e.g., laryngeal masks and others)
~ Intubation via supraglottic airways

Hour 4:
~ Transtracheal jet ventilation
~ Percutaneous cricothyrotomy
~ Extubation of the difficult airway

Hours 5 & 6:
~ Hands on workshop, *patient simulator, *swine trachea lab


Registration Fees
Pricing of this workshop may be on an event or per-person basis (15 person minimum). It should be appreciated that, unlike similar courses, the attendees will have no travel or lodging costs, and no missed work days.

Accreditation
The Yale School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. This educational activity is designated for a maximum of 6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits�. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The American Medical Association has determined that physicians not licensed in the US who participate in this CME activity are eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit.

Disclosure Policy
It is the policy of Yale School of Medicine, Continuing Medical Education, to ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all its educational programs. All faculty participating as speakers in these programs are required to disclose any relevant financial relationship(s) they (or spouse or partner) have with a commercial interest that benefits the individual in any financial amount that has occurred within the past 12 months; and the opportunity to affect the content of CME about the products or services of the commercial interests. The Center for Continuing Medical Education will ensure that any conflicts of interest are resolved before the educational activity occurs.

Financial Support
There is no financial support for this activity.

Learning Objectives
At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Evaluate patients for airway management;
• Use a variety of visual and supraglottic airway devices; and
• Demonstrate invasive airway techniques.

For information on scheduling, pricing and curriculum, contact Yale CME or:
William H. Rosenblatt, MD (course director)
Professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery
Yale School of Medicine
203.785.2802
will.rosenblatt@yale.edu