PDP ER 440 - Airway ManagementPrereq

Institution:

Boston University

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Description:

Emergency Medical Technician. This American Heart Association course is a six-hour program designed to give students the opportunity to learn, practice, and demonstrate many airway skills used in resuscitation. Health care providers whose occupation or volunteer activities require airway management skills, in addition to professionals in the field of resuscitation and airway managment such as scientists, educators, researchers, and manufacturers of medical devices, will find the course beneficial. The learning model for this course includes video-guided instruction, skills practice, and testing in bag-mask ventilation and airway adjuncts, laryngeal mask airway, esophageal-tracheal combitude, endotracheal tube, and impedance threshold devices. This course does not provide certification, but instead is designed solely to enhance students' airway management skills. Class fee includes required text. cr, either sem.

Credits:

6.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bu.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 353-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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