PART 1 Basic Clinical Science Considerations 1. Functional anatomy of the airway 2. Radiographic and cross-sectional imaging of the airway 3. Ultrasonography in airway management 4. Physics of the airway 5. Physiology of the airway 6. Airway pharmacology 7. Physiologic and pathophysiologic responses to intubation PART 2 The Difficult Airway: Definition, Recognition, and the ASA Algorithm 8.
Definition and incidence of the difficult airway 9. Airway assessment and prediction of the difficult airway 10. Development of an airway management plan 11. Algorithms for management of the difficult airway PART 3 Preintubation-Ventilation Procedures 12. Preparation of the patient for awake intubation 13. Aspiration prevention and prophylaxis: preoperative considerations for the full stomach patient 14. Preoxygenation 15. Techniques to Induce General Anesthesia PART 4 The Airway Techniques 16.
History of airway management 17. Oxygen delivery systems, inhalation and respiratory therapy 18. Noninvasive management of the airway 19. Supraglottic airway techniques: Laryngeal mask airways 20. Supraglottic airway techniques: Nonlaryngeal mask airways 21. Laryngoscopic tracheal intubation 22. Blind intubation techniques 23. Intubating introducers, lighted and optical stylets 24.
Video-assisted laryngoscopy 25. Flexible scope intubation techniques 26. Lung isolation techniques 27. Percutaneous emergency airway access 28. Rigid bronchoscopy 29. Surgical airway 30. Confirmation of tracheal intubation PART 5 Difficult Airway Situations 31. Prehospital airway management 32.
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and airway management 33. Austere environment and disaster preparedness 34. Airway Management in the Trauma Patient 35. Airway management in burn patients 36. Airway management in pediatric patients 37. Airway management in obstetric patients 38. Airway management in head and neck surgery 39. Anesthesia for laser airway surgery 40.
Airway management in neurosurgical patients 41. Obesity, Sleep Apnea, the Airway, and Anesthesia 42. Regional anesthesia and the difficult airway 43. Airway management in nonoperating room locations 44. Airway management in intensive care medicine PART 6 Postintubation Procedures 45. Endotracheal tube and respiratory care 46. Mechanical ventilation 47. Monitoring the airway and pulmonary function 48.
Extubation and reintubation of the difficult airway 49. Complications of managing the airway PART 7 Societal Considerations 50. Airway management education 51. Dissemination of critical airway information 52. Airway Research 53. Airway management and outcomes reporting 54. Role of the airway community Index.