PAR 101 - Advanced Airway Management

Credits: 1
Lecture Hours: 0
Lab Hours: 2
This lab course is designed to review basic life support airway assessment and management techniques, and develop mastery in the ability to establish and maintain a patient airway, deliver oxygen and ventilate a patient at an advanced level. The focus of this course is on the complex cognitive and psychomotor skills necessary for assessing and treating airway compromise. Student will be introduced to out of hospital pharmacological intervention and surgical airway access in the critical patient.
Prerequisite(s): Current NYS EMT certification, EMB 101, and BIO 115 with a grade of “C” or better