Advanced Airway Management for the Critically ill and Injured
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This interactive case-based discussion reviews the role of the Acute Care NP in recognizing and managing difficult airways of critically ill and injured patients. Airway assessment tools and positioning strategies are reviewed in detail. A variety of advanced airway tools are thoroughly examined, including pros and cons of each. Additionally, medications to aide in airway management are covered to equip the Acute Care NP knowledge to safely prescribe during the stressful situations of difficult airway management.
*Due to rapidly changing clinical knowledge, once purchased, you have 90 days access to complete this education.
Credits: 1.0 Contact Hours; 0.50 are Pharmacology
Expiration Date: December 31, 2025
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After taking part in this educational activity, participants should be better able to:
-Recognize patients who are likely to have a difficult airway
-Articulate positioning strategies to aid intubation
-Discuss airway management strategies for difficult airways
-Discuss medications used for difficult airway management
Dawn Carpenter
DNP, ACNP-BC, CCRN, FAAN
Guthrie Healthcare System
Dawn Carpenter, DNP, ACNP-BC, CCRN, FAANP is a practicing Acute Care Nurse Practitioner in the surgical/trauma intensive care unit at Guthrie Healthcare System in Sayre, Pennsylvania. Dawn’s career spans over 30 years as a critical care nurse, clinical nurse specialist, nurse practitioner and faculty. In addition, Dawn is an Associate Professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Graduate School of Nursing. She is an avid mentor of DNP students and is the previous coordinator of the adult gerontology acute care nurse practitioner program. Dawn possesses a passion for educating and mentoring acute and critical care nurses and nurse practitioners as they advance their careers. Dawn is a nationally known speaker on a variety of critical care topics, including trauma and sepsis.
Dawn has been actively engaged at the national level with the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN). She’s been an item writer, member of the exam development committee for the ACNPC-AG and CCRN exams, a subject matter expert for AACN. Additionally, she was a member and co-chair of the Advance Practice Institute (API) planning committee and member of the Nominating Committee. Most recently she has been appointed to the Board of Director of AACN.
CE INFORMATION
Obtain Your Credits
To earn credits for this activity, navigate to the Content(s) tab and complete all course components in the following order: 1) watch the course presentation video; 2) complete the course evaluation; 3) pass the post-test with a score of 2/3 (66.7%) or higher. You may retake the post-test until a passing score is achieved, at which point you will be able to view/print a copy of your certificate of completion. This online certificate will also be saved within your profile 'My Courses/Certificates' -> 'Transcript/Certificates Earned' for future access.
Designation Statement
NPACE designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 contact hours, of which 0.50 is pharmacology credit. Participants should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Accreditation Statement
Nurse Practitioner Associates for Continuing Education is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
In addition to ANCC, NPACE is approved as a provider of continuing education in nursing by: the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP8720 and Florida CE Broker #50-1476.
DISCLOSURES
Faculty
Contributing faculty, Dawn Carpenter, DNP, ACNP-BC, CCRN, FAAN has disclosed:
Potential Springer Publishing I receive royalties from book publications. AGACNP
- “AGACNP Q&A review”
- “AGACNP review”
- “Fast Facts for the AGACNP”
- “Fast Facts for Trauma Nurses” anticipated 7/2024.
Potential: American Association of Critical Care Nurses I was elected to the Board of Directors as of July 1, 2024 for the next three years. Critical Care None
Planners
All planners and contributors involved in this educational activity have disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
Disclaimer
The material presented in this continuing education program is being made available for educational purposes only and is not intended to represent the best or only methods, medications and/or guidelines appropriate for the medical situation discussed. Rather the material is intended to present an approach, view, statement, or opinion of the presenter(s), which may be helpful, or of interest to other practitioners and should not be used by clinicians without the evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications on dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities. NPACE disclaims any liability, loss, injury, or damage incurred as a consequence, directly or indirectly, of the use and application of any information given in a presentation.
Disclosure of Unlabeled Use
This educational activity may mention the uses of products that are not approved by the FDA for the indication(s) being discussed. The presenter(s) are instructed to notify participants when they are discussing unapproved uses or investigational agents. The opinions related to unapproved uses of products are solely those of the presenter(s) and are not endorsed or recommended by NPACE. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.
Commercial Support
There is no commercial support for this activity.
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