The Critically Ill Airway Course

Disclosure: I am the Convenor of The Critically Ill Airway Course and designed the programme, skill stations and simulation sessions. We’ve just finished another ‘Critically Ill Airway’ course at The Alfred ICU, so now seems a good time to say what it all about. The course targets doctors from all critical care specialties (ICU, EM, anaesthesia, retrieval and remote practitioners) who need to be able to provide airway management for critically ill patients. It is limited to 24 participants, who go through 12 (!) immersive simulations over 2 days as well as numerous skill stations covering all the essential basic and advanced airway procedures required in critical care. It meets CICM training requirements for a difficult airway course, as well as ANZCA requirements for CICO training, and can be credited as CPD by all relevant Australasian colleges. There were 25 faculty involved this time around (more than the number of course participants!) including VIP recruits such as Brent May (@docbrent), Tim Leeuwenberg (@KangarooBeach), Andy Buck (@etmcourse), Stuart Marshall (@hypoxicchicken) and Tom Flett, as well as numerous Alfred ICU intensivists with the support of fellows and registrars from the ICU and Anaesthesia departments. External advisors for the course include Rich Levitan (@airwaycam), Reuben Strayer (@emupdates) and Scott Weingart (@emcrit). So, why does this course exist? Here is my rationale: I believe that airway management of critically ill p...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: Anaesthetics Emergency Medicine Intensive Care Critical Care Compendium Airway CIA critically ill airway course #alfredCIA Source Type: blogs