The journal of education in perioperative medicine : JEPM
-
J Educ Perioper Med · Jan 2008
BASIC REVIEW OF ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION FOR PROVIDERS AT A MASS CASUALTY.
During a mass casualty scenario (whether manmade or natural disaster), healthcare providers could likely be overwhelmed by patients, many of whom would need airway support. In such a situation, medical personnel from a wide variety of backgrounds may be called upon to provide airway management. Such personnel could include emergency medical technicians, nurses, physician's assistants and physicians from all specialties. In our current practice, a similar mix of medical providers are being tasked with increased airway management to support conscious sedation delivery. Increasing demand for airway management skills requires more airway training for medical personnel who may be involved in disaster medicine or other 'out of operating room' care. ⋯ Airway training for a wide range of healthcare providers will be a growing facet of civilian and military medicine in the future. The need for such training is being driven by increasing conscious sedation procedures and the potential for manmade mass casualty situations. Military need is driven by increased healthcare at far forward combat locations. This training is designed to support continually evolving educational needs for such airway management. The initial airway training module presented here as an electronic manuscript affords the ability to continually update the information based on changing educational needs and user feedback through the collaborative efforts of participating institutions. In the future, a full spectrum of shared, collaborative airway management training programs might be created using the proposed training paradigm.