Emergency Airway Management 2018: Are Emergency Tracheotomies Obsolete? (T)

This session has been identified and designated as Credit to Meet ACS Accreditation/Verification Requirements for Trauma.

Emergency airway management is critical in the field, emergency room, operating room, intensive care unit, and hospital wards. Has improved patient management and techniques such as Bi-PAP (Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure), CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure), LMA (Laryngeal Mask Airway) , videoscopic laryngoscopy, bronchoscopes, and percutaneous tracheostomy made cricothyroidotomy and open emergency tracheostomy obsolete? Familiarity with all the modalities of airway management is paramount to good outcomes.

Course Outline

  • Emergency Tracheostomies, History, Techniques, and Complications
    Gerald R. Fortuna, MD, FACS, St. Louis, MO
  • Evaluation and Determination of the Need for an Emergency Airway and Alternatives to Tracheostomies
    Bradley D. Freeman, MD, FACS, St. Louis, MO
  • No: Emergency Tracheostomies are Still an Integral Part of Trauma and Critical Care
    Stephanie A. Savage, MD, MS, FACS, Indianapolis, IN

Target Audience

  • Practicing surgeons
  • Residents

Learning Objectives

  • Apply new knowledge and ideas to improve their surgical practice
  • Adapt concepts and quality measures in support of research advancements
  • Enhance the quality of patient care

Contact

  • For questions about the course content, please contact elearning@facs.org.
  • If you have any technical questions, contact learning@facs.org.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.50 Certificate of Completion
  • 1.50 Self Assessment Credit
Course opens: 
10/05/2018
Course expires: 
01/31/2020

Disclosure Information

In accordance with the ACCME Accreditation Criteria, the American College of Surgeons must ensure that anyone in a position
to control the content of the educational activity (planners and speakers/authors/discussants/moderators) has disclosed all
relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. For additional information, please visit the ACCME website:
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activity.  Any conflicts noted below have been managed to our satisfaction. The disclosure information is intended to
identify any commercial relationships and allow learners to form their own judgments. However, if you perceive a bias
during a activity, please report it on the evaluation. 
 

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Faculty and Disclosures

Gerald R. Fortuna, MD, FACS, St. Louis, MO - No Disclosures 
Bradley D. Freeman, MD, FACS, St. Louis, MO - No Disclosures
Stephanie A. Savage, MD, MS, FACS, Indianapolis, IN - No Disclosures
Aaron M. Strumwasser, MD, MSc, Los Angeles, CA - No Disclosures

Program Committee and Disclosures

CHAIR: Henri R. Ford, MD, MHA, FACS, FAAP, FRCSEng(Hon), Miami, FL - No Disclosures
VICE-CHAIR: David T. Cooke, MD, FACS, Sacramento, CA - No Disclosures

Members

David C. Borgstrom, MD, FACS, Morgantown, WV - No Disclosures
Daniel L. Dent, MD, FACS, San Antonio, TX - No Disclosures
Roger R. Dmochowski, MD, FACS, Nashville, TN - Allergen: Honoraria: Consultant
Audra A. Duncan, MD, FACS, London, ON - No Disclosures
Mariam F. Eskander, MD, Boston, MA - No Disclosures
Paula Ferrada, MD, FACS, Richmond, VA - No Disclosures
Neil H. Hyman, MD, FACS, Chicago, IL - No Disclosures
Martin S. Karpeh, Jr., MD, FACS, New York, NY - No Disclosures
Dennis H. Kraus, MD, FACS, New York, NY - No Disclosures
Kenneth W. Sharp, MD, FACS, Nashville, TN - No Disclosures
David A. Spain, MD, FACS, Stanford, CA - No Disclosures

Ex- Officios

Mary T. Hawn, MD, FACS, Stanford, CA - No Disclosures
Daniel M. Herron, MD, FACS, FASBMS, New York, NY - No Disclosures

Consultants

Barbara Lee Bass, MD, FACS, FRCS(Hon), Houston, TX - No Disclosures
Quan-Yang Duh, MD, FACS, San Francisco, CA - No Disclosures
B. J. Hancock, MD, FACS, FRCSC, Winnipeg, MB - No Disclosures
Ronald V. Maier, MD, FACS, FRCSEd(Hon), Seattle, WA - No Disclosures
Valerie W. Rusch, MD, FACS, New York, NY - No Disclosures

Continuing Medical Education Credit Information

Accreditation

The American College of Surgeons is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

The American College of Surgeons designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Of the AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ listed above, a maximum of 1.5 credits meets the requirements for Self-Assessment.

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Note: Residents will receive a Certificate of Completion.

Available Credit

  • 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.50 Certificate of Completion
  • 1.50 Self Assessment Credit
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