· 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
