Objectives

•Demonstrate medication assisted airway management (MAAM)

•Identify indications for MAAM

•Describe the equipment, personnel, preparation, and technique for MAAM

•Demonstrate best practices of airway management including:

•Patient selection

•Equipment selection

•Assessment, including difficult airway

•Proper positioning

•Preoxygenation strategies, including apneic oxygenation

•Monitoring & management of physiologic abnormalities

•Selection of medications

•Airway placement, proof of placement, & monitoring

•Post-intubation management

•Manage physiology related to MAAM

•Perform competency testing for MAAM