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Onsite SLAM Express Airway Provider Course

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Current Course Offerings

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itaccslogo.jpgAll SLAM educational programs
are sponsored by ITACCS, the
International Trauma Anesthesia
and Critical Care Society.






SLAM Emergency Airway Provider Course: This 10-hour course presents key aspects of emergency airway management including:

·  airway management updates and recommendations from Guidelines 2005 by the

·  American Heart Association and the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation;

·  assessment of the airway and clinical situation;

·  proper use of rapid sequence induction and intubation;

·  pharmacology of airway management,

·  advanced techniques for difficult intubation;

·  rescue ventilation options;

·  cricothyrotomy;

·  confirmation of tracheal intubation and monitoring of lung ventilation;

·  new fiberscopic and video laryngoscopic equipment suitable for use in EMS;

·  management of burn and inhalation injuries;

·  management of the traumatized airway and cervical spine injured patient;

·  management of the airway in the emergency pregnant patient;

·  pediatric airway management;

·  sedation/analgesia for post-intubation management

The course includes: four hours of lecture; one hour for the pig cricothyrotomy workshop; and five hours of hands-on instruction.  The course has been completely updated since the publication of the SLAM textbook in August 2007 to include content, equipment and products.  Each participant will also receive a copy of the textbook SLAM-Street Level Airway Management by James Michael Rich from Brady Publishing. For more information on course content, contact Sarah Cherrone the SLAM Conference Coordinator at (972) 325-4464 or email her at sarah.slamairway@gmail.com.
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July 26, 2008 Sierra Vista, AZ

September 23, 24 or 25, 2008 in Clarkston, Michigan

November 23, 2008 SLAM at Texas EMS 2008 in Fort Worth, TX

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