Dr. Talayeh Rezayat describes her experience attending CHEST Difficult Airway Management course and how it changed her practice.
Every intubation in the ICU can be a difficult airway. Attend this state-of-the-art, systematic overview and hands-on experience offering the preparation, teamwork, and tools necessary to manage complex critical care airway situations.
Identify exam findings associated with a difficult airway, practice the essential skills of intubation, and learn to use innovative new advanced airway tools to manage difficult airways.
Gain hands-on experience with a multitude of videolaryngoscopes, bougies, and other intubating devices proven to increase first-pass intubation success.
Utilize extraglottic airways to reestablish ventilation should intubation not be successful.
Work with a team using crew resource management concepts to solve airway problems in a high-fidelity, fast-paced, simulated clinical environment using scenarios developed from real-life cases.
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The American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) is the global leader in advancing best patient outcomes through innovative chest medicine education, clinical research, and team-based care. CHEST connects health-care professionals to the latest clinical research and evidence-based guidelines through its journal CHEST and serves as a resource for clinicians for meetings, books, mobile apps, and live learning courses in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine.
