The Airway Course

Master Emergency Airway Management in a hands-on workshop designed by the creators of the renowned Procedures Course, and elevate your critical care skills.

Registration

Date

Multiple Dates

Mode

In-person

Format

Workshop

This immersive one-day cadaveric workshop provides attendees with invaluable hands-on practical experience, focusing specifically on the technical skills of airway management. The course is designed and delivered by the team that developed the acclaimed Procedures Course and will be taught on specially prepared donor cadavers.

The procedures covered include:

Direct and video-laryngoscopy
Hyperangulated laryngoscopy
Supraglottic airways
Nasendoscopy and fibreoptic intubation
Retrograde intubation
Surgical airway

2024 COURSE DATES

Friday, 21 June - Melbourne

Saturday, July 20 - Sydney - WAITLIST

Tuesday, September 24 – Melbourne (Registrar)

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

Critical care physicians and advanced trainees (Emergency, Trauma, Intensive Care)

ACTIVITY APPROVALS & ACCREDITATIONS:

Morning Session – Laryngoscopy

0745-0800 Registration/coffee

0800-0900 Success mindset

0900-1000 Direct and video laryngoscopy

1000-1015 Morning tea

1015-1100 Hyperangulated laryngoscopy

1100-1145 Supraglottic airways

1145-1230 Lunch

Afternoon Session – Advanced techniques

1230-1330 Nasendoscopy and fibreoptic intubation

1330-1430 Retrograde intubation

1430-1500 Failed intubation and coffee

1500-1600 Surgical airway

1600-1615 Summary, questions, and feedback

REGISTRATION FEES

Consultant/CMO: AUD $2650 (excluding GST)
Registrar: AUD $1950 (excluding GST)

Registration fees include morning tea and lunch.

REFUND POLICY

Substitution: If, after booking an event you are unable to attend, you are welcome to nominate someone else to attend in your place. Please advise substitutions via email so a correct name tag will be available at the registration desk. CPD hours will be allocated to the substitute delegate.

Refunds: Cancellation more than 30 days before the event: 70% refund Cancellation less than 30 days: no refund Cancellation must be in writing

Please note, when you register, you will be agreeing to the following:

Disclaimer: The content of this course is directed at appropriately licensed and trained practitioners. It represents current information about the provision of emergency medical care. It is not intended to replace, and should not be construed as medical advice. Any concerns regarding a medical diagnosis or treatment should not be directed to a medical practitioner.

Course cancellation: In very rare cases, due to clinical demand or other unforeseen, unavoidable reasons, courses may need to be cancelled. In this instance registrants will be advised urgently and will receive a full refund for registration fees.

A/Prof Christopher Groombridge

MBBS MA(Cantab) MSc PhD DOHNS (RCSEng) DRTM (RCSEd) DIMC (RCSEd) MRCS FACEM

Chris is an Emergency Physician and Trauma Specialist at The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, and head of clinical research for the National Trauma Research Institute (NTRI). Chris has a particular interest in the prehospital management of trauma and has worked as a retrieval specialist with Sydney HEMS, CareFlight NSW, and Adult Retrieval Victoria, and internationally with London’s Air Ambulance and Essex & Hertfordshire Air Ambulance in the UK. He is a former director of emergency medicine training with the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) and also a founder of The Procedures Course and The Airway Course, which are cadaver-based skills courses, teaching life-saving interventions to critical care clinicians.

Dr Amit Maini

BSc MBBS FACEM

Amit is a Trauma Consultant and Emergency Physician at The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, and has a special interest in education especially as it relates to emergency airway management, and trauma reception within the ED. Amit is also a former director of Emergency Medicine training with the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, and former Editor for EMRAP Australia - a global monthly emergency medicine audio program. He is a founder and co-creator of the Emergency Trauma Management Course based in Melbourne Australia, as well as The Procedures Course (Australia, and Europe) and The Airway Course (Australia), teaching life saving techniques to critical care physicians.