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ForwardBasic Airway Management 10.17.25 8:00am-12:00pm
This course will provide attendees an introduction to airway management in critically ill patients.
Target Audience
Nurse
Nurse Practitioner
Physician Assistant
Learning Objectives
The learner will be able to identify available resources.
The learner will be able to discuss the importance calling resources for assistance with difficult airway.
The learner will be able to demonstrate aggressive suctioning techniques for intubation in GI/Variceal bleeding patients.
The learner will be able to discuss ways to mitigate aspiration and unintended emesis.
The learner will be understand alternative strategies for patient positioning to improve anatomical views during laryngoscopy.
The learner will be able to demonstrate and utilize the 3-3-2 , LEMON, and other pre-intubation patient assessments to predict difficulty of airway management.
Additional Information
Disclosure Statement:
No members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Physician Assistant (AAPA)
The University of Pittsburgh has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 4.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 4.0 contact hours.
Other Healthcare Professionals: Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
Available Credit
- 4.00 AAPA Category I CME
- 4.00 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 4.00 Attendance