Paramedic Airway Management

Catalog description

Students will review basic principles of airway management and learn advanced principles and techniques of airway management. Topics covered include relevant anatomy and physiology, assessment, pathophysiology of respiration, assessment of respiration, supplemental oxygen therapy, artificial ventilation, minute ventilation, alveolar ventilation, and the effects of artificial ventilation on cardiac output. Prerequisite: Admission to paramedic cohort. Paramedic Program Director approval.