Thursday, October 15, 2009
1:00PM - 3:00PM
Michael K. Rollert, DDS
Private Practice
Denver, CO
Successful airway management is the cornerstone of a safe anesthesia practice. The airway management tools available to the OMFS will be reviewed. These include the endotracheal tube, laryngeal mask airway, combitube, and cricothyroidotomy. Advantages, contraindications, instructions, and videos of placement will be covered. Tools of early airway management detection and emergency treatment of respiratory complications will also be covered.
At the conclusion of this presentation, participants should be able to: