Target Audience
Paramedics, EMT's, Firefighters, EMS/Fire Administrators, EMS Educators, Emergency
Nurses, First Responders and other Allied
Health Professionals.

Program Scope and Use
This program is designed to be a continuing education tool to help advanced providers enhance their knowledge with alternative options when involved in resuscitation efforts. It is not intended as the sole source of education for the new advanced provider. This lesson is self-study,
self-paced. When you complete a particular section, use the arrow buttons at the bottom of the page to go back or advance to the next slide.

Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
List the airway anatomy pearls and how these affect effective airway management.
Describe the physiology of respiration and its important role in metabolism.
Compare and contrast the differences between adult and pediatric airway management
   highlighting how these differences alter airway interventions.
List the primary reasons for upper airway compromise.
Review the process to clear foreign body airway obstructions.
Describe the most common causes of hypoxemia.
Perform a rapid and effective airway assessment while initiating the appropriate
   interventions to correct any deficiencies found.
Identify the different airway management adjuncts and oxygen delivery devices
Describe the procedure to perform endotracheal intubation.
List the accepted methods for proper endotracheal tube placement confirmation.
List the indications and describe the procedure to perform rapid sequence intubation
   during the resuscitation process.
List the most common pitfalls and complications of rapid sequence intubation.
Review the indications for obtaining a surgical airway.
List the common complications encountered when accessing a surgical airway.
Describe the procedure to perform a surgical cricothyroidotomy.

Continuing Education Hours
One Hour

Course Fee
$10.00

Faculty
David M. LaCombe, NREMT-P
Ivan Mustafa, REMT-P, RN, BSN
Richard Slevinski, MD, FACEP
John Todaro, REMT-P, RN, TNSN

Disclosures
David M. LaCombe, NREMT-P has no commercial affiliations to disclose.
Ivan Mustafa, REMT-P, RN, BSN has no commercial affiliations to disclose.
Richard Slevinski, MD, FACEP has no commercial affiliations to disclose.
Ivan Mustafa, REMT-P, RN, BSN has no commercial affiliations to disclose.

The Emergency Medicine Learning & Resource Center adheres to ACCME standards regarding industry support of continuing medical education, and the disclosure of faculty and commercial sponsor relationships (if any) will be made known during the educational activity. Faculty are expected to openly disclose inclusion of discussion on any off-label, experimental or investigative use of drugs, devices, or equipment or any commercial sponsorship relations in their presentations.

CE Participation Instructions
To participate in this program for CE credit, please review the objectives before beginning the program. Register above for the course whereby a link to the course, post-test and self-assessment survey will be provided via email. Take the course, complete and pass the post-test (70% minimum score) and then complete the self-assessment survey to receive CE credit. Your certificate will be emailed to the email address you provide during the course registration process.

Accreditation
Paramedics and EMT’s - This educational activity is approved by the Emergency Medicine Learning & Resource Center, an organization accredited by the Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency Medical Services (CECBEMS) and the Florida Department of Health, Bureau of EMS. Participants that require additional approval should consult their local Medical Director or State EMS Office.

Nurses - Up to 1 nursing contact hour will be provided by the Emergency Medicine Learning & Resource Center (EMLRC). The EMLRC is approved as a provider of nursing education by the Florida Board of Nursing, Provider #2731.