The Definitive EMS Airway Course
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Learn the full range of airway management techniques in this 16-hour course.
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Work with expert faculty who know the unique challenges facing EMS providers.
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Use proven airway devices in small group sessions.
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Practice decision-making and airway techniques in Code AirwayTM simulations.
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Face the most challenging patient scenarios in a no-risk environment. These include: elevated ICP, pulmonary edema, cardiogenic shock, status asthmaticus foreign body in the airway, direct airway trauma, multiple trauma with shock, and many more.
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8-hour Refresher Course available for those who have already taken The Difficult Airway Course: EMS.
Didactic and Hands-on Training
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Prediction of the Difficult Airway
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Video Laryngoscopy and other advanced imaging devices
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Medication-assisted Intubation (including RSI and RSA)
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Pediatric intubation
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Endotracheal tube introducers (bougie)
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Cricothyrotomy
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Extraglottic devices
Find a course near you
Course Fees:
Course fees vary. Please contact the Authorized Training Center in your area for more information.
Become a Training Center
For further information about becoming an Authorized Training Center please contact Terry T. Steele at 860-679-9285 or tsteele@staging.theairwaysite.com
Contact Course Director
Accreditation
CAPCE
This CE activity is accredited for 16.0 Advanced CEH by First Airway LLC, an organization accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Pre-Hospital Continuing Education (CAPCE).
CAPCE Activity #: 20-FAWL-F2-0001. Provider #: FirstAir6610.
ASTNA
16.0 Contact Hours have been provided by the Air & Surface Transport Nurses Association Certificate #2019-55. ASTNA is an approved provider for the California Board of Registered Nursing CEP 13575.
CAPCE
This CE activity is accredited for 8.0 Advanced CEH by First Airway LLC, an organization accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Pre-Hospital Continuing Education (CAPCE).
CAPCE Activity #21-FAWL-F2-0004. Provider #: FirstAir6610.
ASTNA
8.0 Contact Hours have been provided by the Air & Surface Transport Nurses Association. Certificate # 2021-##. ASTNA is an approved provider for the California Board of Registered Nursing CEP 13575.
Schedule
The Difficult Airway Course: EMS
Day 1
0700-0800
Registration
0800-0930
Lectures:
Introduction, Bag Mask Ventilation & Extraglottic Devices, Laryngoscopy I
0930-0945
Break
0945-1115
Lectures:
Laryngoscopy II, Mechanical Ventilation
1115-1130
Fiberoptic Tour of the Airway Video
1130-1230
Interactive Skills Session 1:
BMV and DL ETI, Extraglottic Rescue Devices, Surgical Airway Rescue, ETI via Video/Optical Laryngoscopy, Ventilator Management
1230-1330
Lunch (optional capnography lecture)
1330-1530
Interactive Skills Sessions 2 & 3:
BMV and DL ETI, Extraglottic Rescue Devices, Surgical Airway Rescue, ETI via Video/Optical Laryngoscopy, Ventilator Management
1530-1545
Break
1545-1745
Interactive Skills Sessions 4 & 5:
BMV and DL ETI, Extraglottic Rescue Devices, Surgical Airway Rescue, ETI via Video/Optical Laryngoscopy, Ventilator Management
Day 2
0730-0800
Registration
0800-0930
Lecture: Medication Facilitated Airway Management
0930-0945
Break
0945-1145
Lectures:
Predicting & Managing The Difficult Airway: An Algorithmic Approach, Demystifying the Pediatric Airway
1145-1245
Lunch
1245-1445
Interactive Workshops:
Pediatric Cases, Trauma Cases, Medical Cases, Unique EMS Cases
1445-1500
Break
1500-1515
Pre-Evaluation Wrap-Up
(Questions/Assignments/Flow for Code Airway)
1515-1745
Code Airway
Written Self-Test
Final Wrap-Up, Evaluations and Distribution of Certificates
The Difficult Airway Course: EMS Refresher
0730-0800
Registration
0800-0945
Lectures:
Introduction, Human Factors in Airway Management, Medication-Facilitated Airway Management
0945-1000
Break
1000-1030
Lecture: First Pass Success: Best Practices in Laryngoscopy (DL & VL)
1030-1100
Interactive Skills:
Basic Airway Skills Review (BVM, PEEP, SGA, EGA, OPA & NPA)
1100-1130
Instructor to Choose Lecture from:
Pediatric Airway Management, Advanced Ventilator Management, Fundamental Skills of Airway Management
1130-1215
Case Studies
1215-1245
Lunch
1245-1400
Interactive Skills:
The RSI Experience with Post Ventilator Management, The Massively Soiled Airway, Surgical Airway, Final Session Corresponds to Instructor Chosen Lecture
1400-1415
Break
1415-1530
Interactive Skills:
The RSI Experience with Post Ventilator Management, The Massively Soiled Airway, Surgical Airway, Final Session Corresponds to Instructor Chosen Lecture
1530-1545
Break
1545-1645
Code Airway
1645-1715
Exam & Review
Course Wrap-Up
NCCP Mapping
| NCCP National Component Sub Topics | Hours Met |
| Ventilation | 2 |
| Capnography | 1 |
| Oxygenation | 0.5 |
| Central Nervous System (CNS) Injury | 1 |
| Fluid Resuscitation | 0.5 |
| Medication Delivery | 1 |
| Pain Management | 1 |
| Crew Resource Management | 1 |
| Total Hours Met with The Difficult Airway Course: EMS™ | 8 |
This mapping is based on our assessment of The Difficult Airway Course: EMS and the 2016 NCCP National Component requirements.
For more information about NCCP National Component requirements, please visit https://www.nremt.org/rwd/public/document/nccp.
Regional Course Directors
| Name | Area | |
| Rudy Princi | Rudolph.Princi@stonybrookmedicine.edu | USA: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island |
| Fred Ellinger | fred.ellinger@difficultairway.net | USA: Delaware, Washington DC, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania |
| Michael Keller | mkeller@camdeneducation.net | USA: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia |
| Kevin Franklin | kmfranklin@mac.com | USA: Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska |
| Cory Cox | cory.cox@hsc.utah.edu | USA: Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Alaska |
| Ken Davis | ken.davis@emsrx.com | USA: Arkansas, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas Latin America: Ecuador, Chile, Mexico |
| James Habstritt | james@promedics.org | Canada: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan |
| Jamie Todd | jamie@staging.theairwaysite.com | Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Hungary, Former Yugoslavia (Bosnia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Serbia), Albania, Greece, Turkey, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Romania, Bulgaria and Moldova, Algeria, Israel, Saudi Arabia, South Africa |
| Estevão Lafuente, MD | emlafuente@mac.com | Portugal, Spain, Gibraltar, Andorra |
| John Bastian Etti | bastian.etti@med1plus.de | Germany, Austria, Switzerland |