2016 Emergency Medicine Airway Day

On September 15th, 2016, Drs. Cometa and Sappenfeld held an Airway Skills Lab at the Harrell Medical Education Building. This was done in conjunction with Emergency Medicine’s Airway Day.

Before the skills lab, Dr. Cometa and Dr. Sappenfeld  gave lectures. Dr. Cometa talked about Fiberoptic Intubation – Equipment and Techniques, and Dr. Sappenfeld discussed LMA Exchange Techniques. After the lectures there was an hour long skills lab with 15 minute rotations in video laryngoscopy, supraglottic device insertion/exchange, fiberoptic intubation and surgical airway.