SLAMNews - July 2008

Attend a SLAM Course

Attend a SLAM Course

 

SLAM Airway Training Institute
3526 Lakeview Parkway
Suite B238
972.325.4464 - Office
914.829.9012
Home Page- www.slamairway.com


If Your Patient Can't Breathe - Nothing Else Matters!

Hello,

We are broadening our continuing education partners every week.  We now provide continuing education credits for:

We have both 1-day and 2-day workshops.  The workshops in Fort Worth at University of North Texas include a cadaver lab as well.  See below to view all of our workshops.  For more information email us at sarah.slamairway@gmail.com or call 972.325.4464.

1-Day Workshops                        2-Day Workshops                       Cadaver Lab Only

To download a particular brochure click on the appropriate link:

August 16-17, 2008-University of North Texas, Fort Worth: 2-Day Workshop with Cadaver Lab-

Page Link:  http://slamairway.com/id112.html

Brochure Link: http://slamairway.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/slam_2008_brochure-august.pdf

October 11-12, 2008 -University of North Texas, Fort Worth: 2-Day Wotkshop with Cadaver Lab-

Page Link: http://slamairway.com/id115.html

Brochure Link:  http://slamairway.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/slam_2008_brochure-october.pdf

We also have 1-day conferences scheduled in: 

August 16, 2008 - SLAM  Emergency Airway Provider Course with Cadaver Lab University of North Texas, Fort Worth -

Page Link: http://slamairway.com/id118.html

Brochure Link: http://slamairway.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/slam_2008_brochure-august.pdf

October 11, 2008 SLAM Emergency Airway Provider Course with Cadaver Lab

University of North Texas, Fort Worth-

Page Link: http://slamairway.com/id119.html

Brochure Link: http://slamairway.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/slam_2008_brochure-october.pdf

Arizona - 1-Day SLAM Emergency Airway Provider Course-July 26, 2008

Sierra Vista, AZ

http://slamairway.com/id129.html

Michigan- 1-Day SLAM Emergency Airway Provider Course- September 23 or 24 or 25

Clarkston, Michigan

 http://slamairway.com/id116.html

Texas EMS Conference-Fort Worth, TX -Convention Center-November 23, 2008

http://slamairway.com/id120.html

I look forward to hearing back from you or meeting you at an upcoming course.

Sincerely and many thanks,

James Michael Rich

SLAM Airway Training Institute

3526 Lakeview Parkway, Suite B-238

Rowlett, TX 75088

972.325.4464 – Office

914.829.9012 – Fax

Email: jrofdallas@gmail.com

Website:  www.slamairway.com

SLAM Universal Adult Airway Flowchart (SUAAF) Overview 

(click to view flowchart)

Street Level Airway Management (SLAM) is a general system of teaching basic and advanced airway management skills that are useful regardless of where emergency airway management occurs.  The system is based on the SLAM Concept, which states: "Most airway techniques used in anesthesiology can be generally applied to a variety of areas where emergency airway management is performed by practitioners outside the operating room and hospital."

The SLAM Universal Adult Airway Flowchart (SUAAF) is a comprehensive flowchart and can be used by all groups of practitioners, regardless of their previous experience or time spent practicing airway management.  It was designed to assist in preventing major adverse respiratory events such as inadequate ventilation, unrecognized esophageal intubation, and difficult intubation.  SUAAF incorporates features that make it easy to understand, follow, learn, and teach.  The overall intent of SUAAF is to improve patient safety by providing oxygenation and ventilation above intubation.

The question as to why another airway algorithm has been developed is justified.  Other major algorithms provide valid schemes for management of the airway but are primarily for particular groups of practitioners (usually hospital-based physicians).  However, difficult airway situations can occur across the entire spectrum of healthcare for any provider including physician, nurse, anesthesiologist, paramedic, or other EMS providers. 

SUAAF presents clear strategies for enabling the practitioner to effectively deal with a wide range of emergency airway situations occurring in and out of the hospital.

SUAAF provides:

· practitioners with critical decision-making schemes in emergency airway management.

· clear and comprehensive strategies for prevention, rapid recognition, and treatment of critical airway events, especially those occurring in the pre-hospital and non-operating room hospital environments.

· clinical guidance on: 1) when tracheal intubation is appropriate, 2) when to stop attempting tracheal intubation, and 3) when to undertake rescue ventilation.

· for the use of simple techniques to rescue failed intubation.

· for the use of approved supraglottic airway devices for rescue ventilation.

· evidence-based criteria for selection of adjunctive devices to confirm tracheal intubation.

James M. Rich developed the SLAM Airway Conferences based on his SLAM Concept and SUAAF.  He is the founder and director of the SLAM Airway Training Institute, a private foundation dedicated to patient safety, education and training, and clinical competency in airway management.  Since the inception of the Institute and the SLAM Emergency Airway Conferences in 1999, several thousand people have been trained in emergency airway management.  Each attendee receives didactic and hands-on instruction, followed by a written test and a practical hands-on test.  The success of the conferences can be attributed to their cost effectiveness, their portable "we come to you" approach, and their highly organized format.