Table 2.
Basic life support (BLS) and difficult airway course schedule.
| Course: BLS (provider, instructor, pre-, and post-monitor) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Time | Content | |
| 08:20–08:30 | Registration | |
| 08:30–09:00 | Pretest review | |
| 09:00–09:10 | Course introduction | |
| 09:10–09:30 | 2010 American Heart Association (AHA) Guidelines | |
| 09:30–10:20 | BLS/CPR basic for adults
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| 10:20–10:30 | Break | |
| 10:30–11:30 | Defibrillation: AED introduction and 2-rescuer adult BLS | |
| 11:30–12:30 | Lunch | |
| 12:30–12:40 | Child BLS | |
| 12:40–13:20 | Infant BLS | |
| 13:20–13:30 | Adult/child choking, infant choking | |
| 13:30–14:00 | Written test | |
| 14:00–14:40 | Skill test
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| 14:40–15:00 | Wrap up | |
| Course: difficult airway | ||
| Time | First day | |
| 12:50–13:00 | Registration | |
| 13:00–13:10 | Introduce faculty and participants | |
| 13:10–13:30 | Lecture | Introduction |
| 13:30–14:10 | Lecture | BMW and ETI with DL |
| 14:10–14:50 | Lecture | Difficult and failed airways |
| 14:50–15:00 | Break | |
| 15:00–15:20 | Lecture | Airway algorithms |
| 15:20–15:50 | Lecture | Video and optical laryngoscopy |
| 15:50–16:20 | Lecture | Capnography in airway management |
| 16:20–16:40 | Break | |
| 16:40–17:10 | Lecture | Demystifying the pediatric airway |
| 17:10–17:40 | Lecture | Medication-assisted intubation |
| 17:40 | Wrap up | |
| Time | Second day | |
| 08:30–08:40 | Registration | |
| 08:40–10:40 | Skill stations (rotate 4 times/30 min each) | |
| A | Bag mask ventilation and direct laryngoscopy | |
| B | Extraglottic rescue devices | |
| C | Surgical airway rescue | |
| D | Endotracheal intubation via video/optical laryngoscopy | |
| 10:40–10:50 | Break | |
| 10:50–11:30 | Interactive workshops (rotate 4 times/40 min each) | |
| A | Pediatric cases | |
| B | Trauma cases | |
| C | Medical cases | |
| D | Unique EMS cases | |
| 11:30–12:30 | Lunch | |
| 12:30–14:30 | A | Pediatric cases |
| B | Trauma cases | |
| C | Medical cases | |
| D | Unique EMS cases | |
| 14:30–14:40 | Break | |
| 14:40–17:20 | Test (rotate 4 times/40 min each) | |
| A | Written test | |
| B | Trauma | |
| C | Medical | |
| D | Equipment practice | |
| 17:20–17:30 | Final wrap up | |