Airway Management / Intubation Workshops
Tues Apr 8 & Thurs Apr 10, 6-9 PM in PD Lab
FREE for members — 10 EC for non-members

In cardiopulmonary resuscitation, anesthesia, emergency medicine, intensive care medicine and first aid, airway management is the process of ensuring that:

1. there is an open pathway between a patient’s lungs and the outside world, and
2. the lungs are safe from aspiration.

In nearly all circumstances airway management is the highest priority for clinical care. This is because if there is no airway, there can be no breathing, hence no oxygenation of blood and therefore circulation (and hence all the other vital body processes) will soon cease. Getting oxygen to the lungs is the first step in almost all clinical treatments. AIRWAY MANAGEMENT IS CRITICAL TO PATIENT SURVIVAL.

Come out to learn the general principles of airway management and then have the chance to practice intubation on our practice dummies. Please come at 6pm for the instructional portion of the workshop. Arrive around 7pm if you have already participated in this workshop and would just like the opportunity to get hands on practice.