SLAM provides training in emergency and difficult airway management
from
the “Street Level” to all locations with
in the hospital.
Street Level Airway Management (SLAM) offers basic through advanced airway management training that is
useful wherever emergency or difficult airway situations occur. The system is based on the SLAM Emergency & Difficult Airway Flowchart, the SLAM Textbookand
the SLAM Concept. At SLAM we only focus on airway management
in order to foster education & training, clinical competency and patient safety.
The ASA Closed Claims Study
on Adverse Respiratory Events revealed that the average cost of an airway misadventure was $400,000 up to a maximum of $5,400,000.
SLAM's airway education programs improve risk management and decrease practitioner, organizational and corporate liability
by focusing on safe & effective airway management principles and techniques. We train providers from:
EMS
Emergency
Medicine
Anesthesiology
Nurse Anesthesia
Emergency Nursing
Gastroenterology
Flight
Nursing
GI Nursing, and
Respiratory Care.
SLAM
airway education programs are approved for continuing education credits by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
(AANA), American Association of Respiratory Care (AARC), Air and Surface Transport Nurses Association (ASTNA) and the Continuing
Education Coordinating Board for Emergency Medical Services (CECBEMS). Additionally, we use high quality realistic
AirSim TruCorp airway trainers.
When you train at SLAM you also have the
benefit of using high quality airway management equipment and products, which include but are not limited to:
Attend SLAM for comprehensive education and training in:
Emergency Airway Management
Difficult Airway Management,
Advanced Airway Techniques,
Decision making strategies
through application of the SLAM Flowchart,
Safe application of Rapid Sequence Induction & Intubation,
Evaluation & assessment of the airway,
Pharmacology of airway
management,
Lung
ventilation,
Direct
laryngoscoy & tracheal intubation,
Bougie-assisted intubation,
Proper use of the LMA Fastrach,
Videolaryngoscopy,
Rescue Ventilation using supragalottic
airway devices,
Cricothyrotomy using porcine laryngeal-tracheal segments, and
Confirmation of Tracheal Intubation & Monitoring
of Lung Ventilation.
Portable yet affordable – SLAM On-Demand brings the conference to your location enabling team building
through simultaneously training for your entire staff. This also saves organizational resources by not spending
money on travel, lodging and per diem for your staff.
"We will build a SLAM-On-Demand
Course for you based on your clinical requirements, individual needs and training
budget. The course will provide affordable and clinically relevant airway management and training solutions for your organization. It will decrease practitioner and corporate liability by improving patient care through:
Teaching the essential aspects of emergency airway management;
Promoting effective techniques to optimize oxygenation and ventilation; and
Demonstrating practical strategies to overcome difficult airway situation.
Have a SLAM Course at your location because,
"If Your Patient Can't Breathe, Nothing Else Matters!!!!"
To request a quote for bringing SLAM to your location, please fill out and submit the
form below
SLAM Texas
EMS 2010
Saturday
November 20, 2010
Austin Convention Center
7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Austin, Texas
Austin Convention Center
10 CEs: Airway, Trauma, and Special considerations
This class will cover airway management from the street
level to all areas of the hospital. We train providers from EMS, emergency medicine, anesthesiology, flight nursing, GI nursing
and respiratory care. SLAM's airway education programs decrease practitioner and corporate liability through application of
safe and effective airway management techniques. We eat, drink and sleep airway management and enjoy providing current, comprehensive
and proven education and training a variety of topics, including emergency airway management, difficult airway management,
decision making strategies through application of the SLAM Flowchart, safe application of rapid sequence induction and intubation,
pharmacology of airway management, lung ventilation, videolaryngoscopy, and cricothyrotomy using porcine laryngeal tracheal
segments. We anticipate having cadavers available for hands-on experience during this course. For more information on course
content, contact James Rich at (972) 974-5123 orjrofdallas@gmail.com.
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The following organizations provide
continuing education credits for the SLAM Emergency & Difficult Airway Provider Course:
Approved for 10 AANA CEs by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
for CRNAs.
Approved
for 10 CEs by the American Association of Respiratory Care for Respiratory Care Practitioners.
Approved
for 10 CEs by CECBEMS for EMS personnel.
Approved
for 11 CEs by the Air and Surface Transport Nurses Association for Registered Nurses.
TESTIMONIAL FROM SLAM ATTENDEE
Wanted to say again how very impressed I was by your course. It was excellent in scope,
organization, content, and practicality. I've taught and practiced emergency airway management for many years (as an
emergency medicine specialist), - am delighted with what this course has added to my personal depth of knowledge.
Would (and actually already have) highly recommend your course to anyone at any level who's practice includes emergency
airway management (don't we all know - no matter how good one is at airway management, there are always going to be those
few unexpectedly difficult airways - a wise practitioner will want to have as many back-up techniques and skills as possible!).
Thank-you,
again.
Holly
Dunn, MD, FACEP
SLAM Textbook
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Cricothyrotomy Lab
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Closed-Space Intubation
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Difficult Intubation Station
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Combitube Insertion
Rescue Ventilation Station
We are pleased to offer you our educational courses, books, training materials and airway management products.
We hope you'll find something in our catalog that will serve your needs. We look forward to serving you.
Learn Street Level Airway Management (SLAM) - Because if Your Patient Can't Breathe -
Nothing Else Matters!!!
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