The Difficult Airway Course: EMS™
A specialised difficult airway training course designed for healthcare professionals on how to manage patients with challenging airways.
What you'll learn
Key information
The Difficult Airway Course Overview
The Difficult Airway Course is designed to teach healthcare professionals how to manage and address challenging airway situations in patients. These situations can arise when it becomes difficult to intubate or ventilate a patient, which can lead to serious complications or even life-threatening emergencies. Airway management is a critical skill in various medical fields, including anaesthesia, emergency medicine, critical care, and surgery. The course focuses on preparing healthcare providers to handle situations where conventional airway management techniques may not be sufficient or safe.
The course typically covers a wide range of topics related to difficult airway management, including:
- Anatomy and Physiology: Understanding the anatomy and physiology of the airway is crucial for healthcare providers to effectively manage difficult airways.
- Assessment and Evaluation: Participants learn how to assess a patient’s airway and identify potential difficulties or risks.
- Equipment and Techniques: DAC provides hands-on training on the use of various airway management tools and techniques, such as different types of laryngoscopes, video laryngoscopy, supraglottic airway devices, and more.
- Team-Based Approach: Effective teamwork is essential in managing difficult airways. The course often emphasises the importance of communication and coordination among healthcare team members.
The Difficult Airway Course Content
Course Instructors
Michael Scragg
Educator - Paramedic
“I deliver a wide range of Pre-Hospital Emergency Care course to external clients and our own First Responders. I take pride knowing that every person that I educate can deliver emergency care to people in their hour of need. Prior to my role as an Educator, I have worked frontline in the Ambulance Service and deployed around the world in both peacetime, and during conflict, in the Armed Forces.”
Course Instructors
Adam Turner
Educator - Paramedic
“My healthcare journey started in 2012, volunteering as a LIVES Community First Responder before pursuing a career in the ambulance service. I re-joined LIVES full-time in July 2023 as an Educator-Paramedic. My role involves delivering a range of Pre-hospital Emergency Care courses to LIVES Responders and organisations such as the Fire and Rescue Service. I still respond as a paramedic with LIVES and the NHS to maintain my clinical competencies.”
Course Instructors
Curtis Dorbon
Clinical Education Manager
“I have a passion for enhancing pre-hospital education through innovative medical simulation. My journey began as a volunteer in 2013, where I developed valuable skills in community-based care. After a stint as a Paramedic, I returned to LIVES in 2020.
My focus has always been on pushing boundaries in medical simulation to empower providers with critical skills. LIVES aims to be a global leader in pre-hospital education, and together, we’re working to prepare pre-hospital providers for exceptional patient care.”
