UCL University - Airway Matters
- Offered byFutureLearn
Airway Matters at FutureLearn Overview
Duration | 5 weeks |
Total fee | ₹2,763 |
Mode of learning | Online |
Official Website | Go to Website  |
Credential | Certificate |
Airway Matters at FutureLearn Highlights
- Duration 5 weeks
- Weekly study 4 hours
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Airway Matters at FutureLearn Course details
- The safe management of a patient's airway is one of the most challenging and complex tasks undertaken by a health professional - complications can result in devastating outcomes.
- How can we improve safety, prevent complications, and be prepared to manage difficulties when they arise?
- How, in a crisis, can we ensure that human and technical resources are best utilized?
- Our course will provide answers to these key questions and help you develop strategies to improve patient safety in your area of practice, discussing safe airway management in patient groups and multidisciplinary clinical settings.
Airway Matters at FutureLearn Curriculum
Safety, Human Factors and Ergonomics, Airway Management & COVID-19, Airway Anatomy
Welcome to the Course and to Week 1
Airway Safety
Human Factors and Ergonomics in Airway Management
Airway Management in the Patient with COVID-19
Airway Anatomy
What Have You Learned in Week 1
Planning, Equipment and Airway Rescue
Welcome to Week 2
Airway Assessment and Planning
Airway Equipment, an Overview
Guidelines, Algorithms and Cognitive Tools
Can't Intubate, Can't Oxygenate
Summary of Week 2
Airway Obstruction and Special Techniques
Welcome to Week 3
Rapid Sequence Induction
Safe Extubation
The Obstructed Airway
Special Techniques
Summary of week 3
The Shared Airway, the Critically Ill Patient and Tracheostomies
Welcome to week 4
Sharing the Airway
Altered Airways, Tracheostomies and Laryngectomies
Airway Management of the Critical Ill Adult
Summary of week 4
Paediatrics, Obstetrics, Obesity, A Global Perspective
Welcome to week 5
The Paediatric Airway
The Obstetric Airway
Airway Management in the Obese Patient
A Global Perspective
Bringing it All Together
Final Thoughts
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