AIRWAYS MANAGEMENT AND RESPIRATORY EMERGENCIES

Catalog description

The course studies the cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques for health professionals according to the American Heart Association. It includes lecture and laboratory sections where the student becomes familiar with skills related to airway management a nd ventilation, such as: advanced procedures of emergency endotracheal intubation; trans laryngeal cannula ventilation and nasopharyngeal insertion; supplemental oxygen therapy and the practice of the different techniques of ventilation with manual resusci tators. The respiratory system, its pathophysiology, evaluation, management, and treatment in emergency respiratory cases are also studied.