Curriculum 

Introduction
-Epidemiology, prevalence and causes of catastrophe

Decision making in airway managment
-Will my laryngoscopy be difficult
-Will my mask/SGA ventilation be difficult
-Is there an aspiration risk
-Is there a safe apneic period
-Preoxygenation

What's new in the 2022 ASA Guidelines ?
-The decision tree tool
-The infographics
-3+1 attempt rule
-The failed awake intubation. "What do I do now?"

Advanced Airway
-Advanced airway evaluation
   -Preoperative endoscopy
   -Virtual endoscopy
-Obesity
-Cervical spine
-Facial trauma
-Disrupted airway
-Foreign body
-Obstetric airway Break
-Pediatric airway -Oxygenation
-Difficult intubation
-Difficult Ventilation
-Invasive airways / Bronchoscopy
-High flow nasal oxygen
-Transcutaneous CO2 monitoring



Awake intubation
   -Informed consent
   -Desiccation
   -Airway Blocks
   -Sedation
   -Time

Intubation scopes
-Indirect laryngoscopy
-Flexible intubation Scopes
-Rigid videolaryngoscopy
    -Standard geometry blade
    -Hyperangulated blade
    -Channel scope blade Break (1hr)

Advances in supraglottic airways
   -Second generation devices
   -Intubating devices and techniques

Invasive airways
   -Percutaneous
   -Surgical Break

Extubation of the difficult airway
   -Evaluation
   -Bridging reintubation

Summary

Hands on Practice
   -Flexible scope simulator
   -Single use flexible scope  
   -Standard flexile scope
   -Glide Scope
   -McGrath Scope
   -Uescope
   -Video Stylets
   -KingVision
   -Teleflex LMA / Intubating LMA
   -Ambu LMA
   -Transcutaneous CO@
   -High Flow Nasal Cannula
   -Cook invasive airways
   -Cook Exchange catheters
   Other as available

Book give-a-way

Swine skin/3D print larynx knife-bougie-tube trainer station 


Enduring materials
  -Anesthesia machine ASA infographic placard
  -Airway pocket card
  -Link to electronic syllabus

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