Emergency and Trauma Airway Course By JNMC AMU

ALIGARH, August 6: Airway is one of the most vital steps in initial resuscitation of sick or injured patients but emergency wards are often manned by the doctors with least training in managing sick patients. They often lack skills in airway and ventilator management. The doctors often rely on Anaesthesiologists for airway management which results in loss of critical time, and often poor outcome. To overcome this, the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care organizing Emergency and Trauma Airway Course (ETAC) in collaboration with the INDO-US Academic Council which will be inaugurated by the AMU Vice Chancellor on August 8 at 10:00 am at Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College.

According to Dr. S. Moied Ahmed, Course Director that Prof. O.P. Kalra, Principal, University College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi and Prof. Praveen Aggarwal, National Chair, INDO-US Academic Council for Emergency & Trauma will be the Chief Guest and Guest of Honour respectively.

This course has been structured in a format which deviates from the regular pattern of airway workshop mostly followed. The concept of Chain of Airway Management has been developed while structuring the course curriculum which incorporates airway management, followed by oxygenation and mechanical ventilation. The course has two components the Basic and the Advanced Airway management.

The basic objective of this course is to help the participants sharpen their skills in this crucial aspect of emergency care so that they can incorporate this into a practical algorithm of emergency airway management.