Clinical Practice

Abstract Submission

Ultrasound-Guided Identification of the Cricothyroid Membrane (.5 Class A CE)

Speaker(s)

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  Shayne Hauglum, PhD, CRNA

  Assistant Professor of Clinical
  University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies
  Miami Beach, FL

This comprehensive, state-of-the-art presentation will provide CRNAs with the best knowledge, and solid technical skills for effectively managing anticipated and unanticipated difficult airway in the operating room, emergency department, intensive care unit, and in diverse clinical situations. Preoperative airway assessment should be performed routinely and airway management is safest when potential problems are identified before surgery, enabling strategies at reducing the risk of complications. This presentation will focus on both the static and dynamic approaches to US guided emergency percutaneous needle cricothyroidotomy. Preoperative assessment and planning utilizing US in the predicted difficulty airway offer an alternative in airway management to improve patient outcomes. In addition to presenting the ultrasound guided approaches, the evidence will be presenting supporting both the static and dynamic techniques.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify effective approaches and strategies for preparing for and managing the difficult airway, utilizing ultrasound techniques per latest evidence-based data.
• Identify improved crisis resources management (CRM) skills for difficult airway situations in practice.
• Identify skills for alternative ventilation strategies using an emergency percutaneous needle cricothyroidotomy for rescue ventilation.