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Airway Management in the Emergency Department

Format

This course will be offered in a one-day format on Saturday, September 16, from 8:30 to 13:00 CEST

For who

Senior trainees / Consultants in their first 5 years

Description

Airway Management is a major topic in the Emergency Department. Anesthesiologists are not always available; therefore each member of the ED needs to be able to perform Airway Management, it is one of the key skills an emergency physician is able to perform. To secure the airway of a patient, it is necessary to know the different devices and techniques and also to consider, that the algorithm is different to the familiar pre-hospital and OR airway algorithm.

Objectives

In this course, participants will learn about basic and difficult Airway Management. This includes techniques of mental rehearsal of the algorithm, preparing the airway management, choosing the right medication and conducting a straight way in managing the airway. All participants will be able to train the different techniques and devices on airway trainers.

Faculty

Course Directors and faculty: Sabine Merz, GE, and Christian Hohenstein, GE

Educational Material

Provided on site

Registration

The costs for this course are
€ 230* for physicians
€ 130* for nurses, paramedics, trainees and students

In combination with the Invasive Mechanical Ventilation you pay:
€ 290* for physicians
€ 169* for nurses, paramedics, trainees and students

*All prices exclusing VAT

Please register through your MyEUSEM account by clicking on the EUSEM Congress registration button. From the Pre-courses tab you can select the pre-courses you would like to join.

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8.30 – 8.45 Welcome introduction

8:45 – 09:30 Lecture about general airway management

09:30 – 10:15 Lecture about the difficult airway

10.15-10.45 Hands on training

10:45-11:15 Coffee break

11:15 – 12:45 Hands on training

12:45 – 13:00 Feedback, Closure

13.00-13.45 LUNCH

  1. The global impact and the importance of NIV in the Emergency Department. Patrick Plaisance
  2. Why NIPPV works. Non-Invasive Respiratory Support Devices. Paolo Groff
  3. NIMV in the pre-Hospital Setting. Nicolas Peschansky
  4. Acute Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema. Roberto Cosentini
  5. Pneumonia (non-COVID19) and Pulmonary Contusion. Roberta Marino
  6. COPD exacerbation. Clinical cases. Rodolfo Ferrari
  7. COVID19 Pneumonia. Lessons learned from Covid19 Pandemic. Roberto Cosentini