The Difficult Airway Course, Piedmont Healthcare Custom Course Feb. 2025

Tuesday, February 4, 2025, 8:00 AM - Wednesday, February 5, 2025, 5:00 PM, McRae Auditorium, PAH, Atlanta, GA


AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (13.50 hours), AAPA Category 1 Credit(s) (13.50 hours), ANCC Contact Hour(s) (13.50 hours), IPCE Credit (13.50 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (13.50 hours)

Become a master of the airway. In this program you will understand the history of airway management and evolving nature of this field. You will focus on utilizing proper medications and techniques to ensure adequate oxygenation, predict the anatomical and physiological indicators of a difficult airway, recognize a failed airway and learn the skills to manage these scenarios. You will build communication and leadership skills necessary for successfully managing the human factors that contribute. The course promotes group learning and collaboration with code airway simulations to help solidify the major learning points.

1. Understand the Perspective: Past, present and future of difficult airway management
2. Management of airways utilizing proper medications
3. Know when NOT to use medications (and some classes of medications) i.e., gas exchange cannot be maintained with certainty
4. Recognize a failed airway and manage it appropriately (EGDs and Cric)
5. Training team based approach of the airway
6. Employ interactive case studies; interactive skills stations; interactive simulations

 For Non-Piedmont Learners:

• Regular Tuition:  $1,950 (for any physician outside of Piedmont System)

• Regular Tuition: $1,650 (for any NP/PA, outside of Piedmont System)

• Regular Tuition: $1,200 (for any RT, RN outside of Piedmont System)

 For Piedmont Learners:

• Gold Rate: $1,700 (for any physician within Piedmont system)

• Silver Rate: $1,500 (for any NP/PA within the Piedmont system)

• Bronze Rate: $1,000 (for any RT/RN within the Piedmont system)

In support of improving patient care, Piedmont Healthcare 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.

In addition to AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM for physicians, ANCC credit for nurses, and ACPE credit for pharmacists, Piedmont Healthcare also offers AAPA Category 1 Credit for PAs, APA credit for psychologists, ASWB ACE credit for social work, BOC credit for athletic trainers, CPEU CDR credit for dietitians, and IPCE credit. 

Cancellation Policy

Piedmont Healthcare reserves the right to cancel or postpone this program if necessary; in the event of cancellation, course fees will be fully refunded. We are not responsible for other costs incurred such as non-refundable airline tickets or hotel penalties.

Accessibility Statement
 
Piedmont Healthcare is committed to ensuring that its programs, services, goods and facilities are accessible to individuals with disabilities as specified under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008.  If you have needs that require special accommodations, including dietary concerns, please contact Continuing Education at [email protected].

Piedmont Healthcare adheres to ACCME Criteria, Standards and Policies regarding industry support of continuing medical education. Disclosure of faculty and their commercial relationships will be made prior to the activity.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Piedmont Healthcare adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.