All-New 2024 Self-Study Course
An 18-hour course combining the essential skills of achieving an emergency airway, along with a state-of-the-art, literature-focused, comprehensive review of ED-focused lung disorders.
(11-hour course)
Join the nationally-recognized airway expert, Richard Levitan, MD in an 11-hour deep-dive into mastering the emergency airway.
- Crisis Performance in Emergency Airways
- Special Clinical Challenges
- Pediatric Laryngoscopy and Intubation
- Essential Nuances in Intubation Equipment
- The Surgical Airway
- Prolonged Safe Apnea and Hyperoxygenation
- Airway Overview
- The Importance of Anatomy Knowledge
- Endoscopy in Airway Emergencies
- Patient Safety, Priority #1
- Positioning and Intubation Success
- Managing the Anatomically Difficult Airway
- Chest Trauma
- And More...
Watch or Listen Instantly and Earn Up to 18.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
(7-hour course)
Spend some high-yield time with our award-winning tag-team duo of emergency physicians, Drs. Diane Birnbaumer and Andrea Wu as they provide an evidence-based update regarding all manner of pulmonary emergencies.
- URIs & Acute Bronchitis
- Pulmonary Aspiration
- Croup / Bronchiolitis
- The Adult Pneumonias
- Pediatric Pneumonia
- Acute Asthma Exacerbations
- Acute COPD Exacerbations
- Influenza, Diagnosis, What Works
- Hemoptysis / Acute Chest Syndrome
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Uncommon Infections and Sarcoid
- ARDS / Ventilator Strategies
Mastering the Emergency Airway Faculty
Richard Levitan, MD
- Generally acknowledged as the most prominent physician authority on teaching airway anatomy
- Well-known for his monthly cadaveric airway courses taught at the University of Maryland for over 20 years
- Presented over 1,000 lectures in more than 25 countries on airway-related matters
- Authored in excess of 100 papers dealing with airway management issues
- Invented multiple devices to improve the teaching and delivery of airway management
- Investigation and product development of iGel airway, the AMBU A-Scope and the I-View
- Clinical Professor of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
The Lung Course Faculty
Diane Birnbaumer, MD
Emeritus Professor of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
Los Angeles, California
Senior Clinical Educator
Department of Emergency Medicine
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Torrence, California
Andrea Wu, MD, MMM
Associate Chief Medical Officer
Acute Care Services
Wilma Chan Highland Hospital
Oakland, California
Associate Clinical Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
UC San Francisco
It is the policy of the Center for Emergency Medical Education (CEME) to insure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its sponsored educational activities; that all contributors present information in an objective, unbiased manner without endorsement or criticism of specific products or services; and that the relationships that contributors disclose will not influence their contributions. Those in a position to control the content of this educational activity are required to disclose to learners all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests prior to the beginning of the educational activity.
In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support of CME, the Center for Emergency Medical Education implemented mechanisms, prior to the planning and implementation of this CME activity, to identify and resolve conflicts of interest for all individuals in a position to control content of this CME activity.
Self-Study CME Accreditation
Please Note: The approved CME accreditation of 18.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ is a combination of the Mastering the Emergency Airway Course and The Lung Course in the self-study program titled The Airway and Lung Course.
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of the Center for Emergency Medical Education and The Center for Medical Education.
The Center for Emergency Medical Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Center for Emergency Medical Education (CEME) designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 18.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The Center for Medical Education Inc is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #12345, for 18 Contact Hours.
The AOA automatically recognizes AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ as AOA Category 2 credit.
Both PA and NP organizations recognize AMA PRA Category 1 credit™ as approved CME.
Target Audience:
The Airway and Lung Course is intended for physicians and advanced practice clinicians who practice in emergency departments and urgent care centers.
Educational Objectives:
Upon completion of this self-study program, participants will be able to:
- Elucidate the key anatomic structures involved with airway management.
- Describe the essential elements to assure patient safety during intubation.
- Describe the key steps involved with successful laryngoscopy.
- Effectively differentiate the adult from pediatric airway.
- Name and describe the causes of the most common chest infections.
- Differentiate the essential differences between the treatment of asthma vs COPD exacerbations.
- List the essential elements in ventilator management.
- Describe the key elements in the assessment and management of chest trauma.
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