Activity Description:

This educational activity is designed to enhance understanding of airway control and maintenance options available to prehospital care providers. The session will review practical considerations and limitations faced by EMS professionals in the field, promoting greater awareness among hospital-based staff. Through shared discussion and direct interaction with EMS attendees, participants will strengthen interdisciplinary communication and collaboration. This activity supports improved coordination across care settings to optimize patient outcomes during airway management.

Target Audience:

This course is designed for anyone in healthcare that may interact with EMS personnel. Open to MD, DO, LVN, RN, NP, PA, EMT, AEMT, and Paramedics. 

Learning Objectives:

• Describe scope of practice differences in airway control and maintenance among EMTs, AEMTs, and paramedics.
• Differentiate appropriate use of OPA, NPA, supraglottic airway, endotracheal intubation, and surgical airway options. 
• Recognize limitations in airway control and maintenance across BLS, ALS, and MICU ambulance settings. 

Moderator:

Gregory Scott Nelson, BS, NRP

Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies.*

*Ineligible companies – Companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Accreditation:

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of HCA Healthcare Continental Division and HCA Gulf Coast Division. The HCA Healthcare Continental Division is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation:

The HCA Healthcare Continental Division designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. ​

Commercial Support:  

This Activity was developed without support from any ineligible company.*The ACCME defines ineligible companies as those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Note: The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical service directly to patients to be commercial interests – unless the provider of clinical services is owned, or controlled by, and ACCME defined ineligible company.​

Disclosure: 

The HCA Healthcare Continental Division is committed to providing CME that is balanced, objective, and evidenced-based. In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) Standards for Integrity and Independence all parties in control of content are required to disclose all conflicts of interest with ACCME defined ineligible companies. None of the planners, faculty, and those in control of this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.​