Critical Care Airway Management is a 2-day, practical, hands-on course covering advanced airway management when the going gets tough. CCAM is not about the routine patient in the anaesthetic room, this course will teach you the skills and mindset for when the airway is difficult, the patient sick, the environment challenging, or all of the above.
The CCAM Course is designed for trainees, specialists and senior nurses in Intensive Care, Anaesthesia, Emergency, Pre-Hospital and Rural/Remote Medicine, and paramedics. The course covers advanced techniques, so you will gain maximum benefit if you have some prior airway experience.
***Doctors – please note that you should have at least 3 months experience in anaesthesia before you attend the course***
CCAM is delivered by passionate airway experts from all of the specialities outlined above. The course consists of interactive discussions and hands-on skills stations, interspersed with fully immersive high-fidelity simulated scenarios with expert debriefing, covering all aspects of advanced airway management in critical care.
All sessions are 1 hour long – more hands-on time means better muscle memory.
Continuing Professional Development
Advanced Airway Skills Face-to-Face Training (required to gain FCICM)
Specialist High Level Requirement – Airway Management (required by FCICMs every 3 years)
CPD (Educational Activities) – 16 hours
CICO Emergency Response activity – ER-24-CICO-065
CPD (Knowledge and Skills) – 16 hours
Essential Emergency Medicine Procedural skills:
A1-7, A9, B1, B3, S1, S3-7
CPD (Educational Activities) – 16hours
CCAM in a Not-for-Profit Course
COURSE HANDBOOK
You will be required to complete e-learning modules before attending CCAM.
The module content is also provided here for your reference at any time (click on the icons below).
AIRWAY ASSESSMENT
Assessing for anatomical and physiological difficulty
Aligning management strategy with assessment
ALGORITHMS AND CHECKLISTS
Planning for failure and following a rescue strategy
The importance of human factors
OUT OF THE COMFORT ZONE
Sick patient, challenging environment
Choosing drugs and equipment, teamwork, strategy
PLAN A
Two-Curve theory
The 3-stage CCAM approach to tracheal intubation
PLAN B
Bronchoscopic intubation via supraglottic airways
The Aintree Intubating Catheter
THE BRONCHOSCOPE
Navigating the upper and lower airways
Airway topicalisation
NECK RESCUE
Priming for neck rescue
Cannula, Seldinger and surgical cricothyroidotomy
EXTUBATION AND AIRWAY EXCHANGE
Equipment and strategies
Staged extubation and airway exchange catheters
TRACHEOSTOMY
Tracheostomy and laryngectomy – the essentials
Management of emergencies
AIRWAY TROLLEY
Organise and streamline airway equipment to decrease stress and increase patient safety
Simulated Scenarios
The knowledge and skills you acquire on the course will be put to the test in five high-fidelity simulated scenarios of increasing complexity. The simulation areas have audio-visual capabilities to allow for remote viewing and video-reflexive feedback, and you will be debriefed by experts in a safe learning environment.
Testimonials
“Two days learning to escape the airway ‘Vortex’… Best course I’ve attended”
“Practical and on-point. I highly recommend for ED/ICU/Gas docs”
“Brilliant two days….Interactive, fun, well-organised, & most of all – useful!”
“Excellent confidence-builder in critical airway skills”
“Great hands-on experience”
“Excellent scenarios, great feedback”
“Great faculty who are clearly committed to delivering a high quality course”
“It’s rare to meet someone who talks so much and so enthusiastically and none of it is nonsense”
“Loved the dynamic teaching and delivery – perfect mix of didactic and practical sessions “