· 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