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. 2018 Jan 29;6:4. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2018.00004

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
  • Chest compression

  • Breaths with pocket-mask and bag-mask for adult victims

  • 1-rescuer adult BLS

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
  • 1 and 2 rescuer adult BLS with AED skill test

  • 1 and 2 rescuer infant BLS skill test

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