airway courses

This course is aimed at anyone wishing to practice their skills in managing the expected and unexpected difficult airway.

The course lasts one day, is accredited for 5 CEPD points from the college and gives candidates over 4 hours of practical, hands on time.

The day consists of:

This workshop is being held during the 9^thAnaesthesia conference(organised by BAOIA) on Friday 1^st Oct 2010. The workshop is open to non-members, members, of all grades irrespective of their origins. The format is lecture followed by hands on workshop stations. Workshop stations include:

A one day intensive course aimed at Anaesthetic Trainees.

• Airway Guidelines upraglottic
• Airway Rescue
• Infraglottic Airway Rescue
• Predicting Difficult Airways
• Videolaryngoscopy
• Fibreoptic Intubation

Case based Scenarios, Simulation, Current controversies.

This course is run by RCoA at the following venues: Feb(London), March(Cardiff), April(London), May(Edinburgh), June(London), September(London), October(Glasgow) and Nov/Dec (London).

Please visit the following link for details - http://www.rcoa.ac.uk/index.asp?PageID=40

Details of course:

Topics covered include:

Six one day simulator based courses dealing with technical skills, Human behaviours and Non-technical skills (Human factors) in airway management.

ADAM's ethos is to prevent critical incidents arising during airway management by scrupulously avoiding preventable problems attributable to the patient, equipment and/or anaesthetist. Inspired by the approach of the aviation industry, it makes use of checklists to ensure ALL problems are identified preoperatively.

A one day workshop in airway management held at Anglia Ruskin University. It is a collaborative course run by consultants from Chelmsford, Southend and Norfolk and Nowich Hospitals.

The course format is interactive lectures and practicve skill stations with numbers limited to 16.

Course director: Dr Agnes Watson

The course can be booked on line at https://store.anglia.ac.uk

Two day course conducted in Broomfield, Essex to learn awake fibre optic intubation, second day practical session in which the candidates intubate each other
Numbers: maximum of two observers and six candidates
CPD: 7 points

This workshop is geared towards trainees wishing to refresh and update skills in airway management. There are lectures, interactive discussions and over 4 hours of hands-on workshop training. The course provides intensive practical tuition on manikin and animal models.

This one day course, in which the candidates perform fibreoptic endoscopy on each other, is specifically designed for anaesthetists who wish to gain confidence in topical anaesthesia of the airway and to improve their manual dexterity in airway endoscopy..