The H&R Advanced Airway Workshop 

Santa Cabrini Hospital, Feb 9th, 2024, 1200pm-4pm

Airway/Intubation

Advanced airway skills are a key element of the resuscitationist’s arsenal. In this workshop, participants will be able to tailor their experience and spend as much or as little time as they want in each station to maximize their learning. We will cover basic direct and video laryngoscopy and intubation with and without the use of the bougie as well as bronchoscopic assistance. Emergency surgical airways – both percutaneous and scalper-finger-bougie techniques – will be reviewed and practiced until participants can perform both rapidly and adequately. 

Basic Upper Airway Endoscopy

Endoscopy for basic diagnostic and procedural purposes will be reviewed for obstructive and airway toilet. This will include rhino-pharyngo-laryngoscopy for foreign body/lesion assessment and stridor management in the ER.

Critical Care Endoscopy

Basic bronchoscopy for rapid diagnosis and airway toilet will be covered. This will pertain to most critical care cases where removal of mucus plugs and broncho-alveolar lavage is the bread and butter. Following instruction, each participant will be asked to demonstrate the ability to identify basic anatomy and be able to orient themselves successfully.

Bedside Percutaneous Tracheostomy Course

Participants will spend the last 90 minutes in a separate track focused on the technique and will be asked to perform 5 unassisted techniques to obtain a certificate of adequate completion. {Note that, since this is not an emergency life-saving procedure, this does not qualify the participant to perform the technique independently in clinical practice and will require supervision by an experienced colleague until sufficient experience is attained.}

Participants & Registration

There will be 15 complimentary trainee registration slots and 20 spots for practicing physicians (249$/199$ for CEMTL MDs) and 5 spots including the percutaneous tracheostomy course (349$). Participants will receive a link to pre-course material to watch prior to the workshops. Lunch will be included. There is no formal CME accreditation for this event.

Registration link: https://ccusinstitute.wixsite.com/ccus/events/hsco-hr-airway-course-2024

The Faculty: Dr. Joe Nemeth (ER), Dr. Philippe St-Arnaud – (ER/Critical Care) Dr. Lawrence Leroux (ER/Anaesthesia), Dr. Andy Nguyen (Respirology), Dr. Olivier Abboud (Otolaryngology), Dr. Ian Ajmo (Critical Care), Dr. Philippe Rola (Critical Care).

Programme

Welcome and Lunch – 1230-1300

Stations A: 1300-1400

– Basic DL/VL station (St-Arnaud, Ajmo)

– The Art of the Bougie (Rola)

– Bronchoscopy-guided intubation (Leroux, Nemeth)

– Rhino/pharyngo/laryngoscopy – (Abboud)

Stations B: 1400-1500

– Emergency percutaneous cricothyrotomy (St-Arnaud/Rola)

– Emergency Surgical Airway (Scalpel-Finger-Bougie) (St-Arnaud/Rola)

– Emergency Tracheostomy (Nemeth)

– Bronchoscopy for toilet/foreign body extraction (Nguyen)

Percutaneous Tracheostomy w/ Bronchoscopy Assistance (Ajmo/Rola) 1430-1600

Open Practice and Q&A: 1500-1600