Advanced Airway Management 2
Information Covered:
I. Airway Anatomy
II. Airway Assessment
A. Purpose
B. Procedure
C. Anticipating the difficult airway
III. Techniques of assuring a patent airway
A. Manual airway maneuvers
B. Mechanical airway devices
C. Relief of Foreign Body Airway Obstruction
D. Blind insertion airway devices
E. Endotracheal intubation
1. Direct laryngoscopy (visualized)
2. Non-visualized
F. Percutaneous cricothyrotomy
V. Comprehensive ventilation assessment
A. Purpose
B. Procedure
C. Minute Volume
D. Alveolar Volume
E. Evaluating the effects of artificial ventilation
F. Pulse oximetry
G. Blood gas analysis
H. Capnography Review
VI. Review of ventilation devices
A. Manual devices
B. Mechanical devices
VII. Assisting patient ventilations
A. Review of techniques
1. Purpose
2. Indications
3. Contraindications
4. Complications
5. Procedures
B. Review of the physiologic differences between normal and positive pressure ventilation
C. BiPAP/CPAP
D. Positive End Expiratory Pressure (PEEP)
Content Creator: Joyce Lockwood
CAPCE Course Number: 20-EMTP-F3-3202
Total CE Hours: 1
Level: Advanced
EMT-CE uses the NEMSES guidelines as the foundation for every course outline.
