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Overview
On this Airway Matters course from UCL by FutureLearn you’ll learn how to improve safety, prevent complications and be prepared to manage difficulties in airway management. You’ll also discover techniques that can be applied to a number of hospital and pre-hospital settings.
Understand airway assessment and safety
- You’ll start this course by discussing the meaning of airway management. Then, you’ll explore how to assess an airway and what kind of equipment to use in elective and emergency airway management.
- In difficult or stressful situations, guidelines and cognitive aids can help with decision-making and human factors, so you’ll also take a look at some key examples.
- You’ll also discuss the importance of involving patients in decision-making and how to develop safe strategies for more complex cases.
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Topics include:
- Safe Airway Management, Human Factors and Ergonomics, Airway Anatomy
- Airway Assessment and Planning, Cognitive Tools, Dealing with Emergencies
- Safety and Special Techniques
- The Shared Airways
- Airway Management in Special Circumstances
- Pre-Hospital Airway Matters
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Duration
- Part-time
- 2 months
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Language
English
Delivered
Online
Disciplines
Management Studies Medicine Complementary & Alternative Medicine View 8 other Short Courses in Complementary & Alternative Medicine in United KingdomExplore more key information
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- This course, endorsed by the Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Difficult Airway Society, is for all members of the multidisciplinary team who provide airway support to patients or care for patients with a compromised airway.
- This includes anaesthetists, anaesthesia associates, operating department practitioners, prehospital and emergency medicine physicians, paramedics, nurses, physiotherapists, adult and paediatric intensivists, head and neck surgeons and members of the cardiac arrest team.
- Health professionals might find the Certificate of Achievement for this course useful for providing evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) or commitment to their career.
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International
94 EUR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 94 EUR for the full programme during 2 months. -
National
94 EUR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 94 EUR for the full programme during 2 months.
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