Course description
Acknowledgements
Sponsor
This project has been funded by the Department of Health under the Rural Health Continuing Education Sub-Program (RHCE) Stream One (2011-2013) and is managed by the Committee of Presidents of Medical Colleges. RHCE (Stream One) is an initiative aimed at providing professional support for medical specialists and their teams in regional, rural and remote Australia.
Course provider
Sydney Clinical Skills and Simulation Centre (SCSSC), Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW.1 The Sydney Clinical Skills and Simulation Centre is solely responsible for the content of and views expressed in any material associated with this project.
Contributors
Manual editor
Leonie Watterson, Consultant anaesthetist Royal North Shore Hospital (RNSH), Clinical Associate Professor Sydney Medical School, Director SCSSC.
Course concept and materials
Dr Tsung Chai, Consultant anaesthetist, Orange Base Hospital; Dr Roberta Edmeades, Consultant anaesthetist, Townsville Base Hospital; Dr Adam Rehak, Consultant anaesthetist, Royal North Shore Hospital (RNSH)/Senior instructor SCSSC; Dr Morgan Sherwood, Anaesthesia Fellow, St George Hospital, NSW; Anne Starr, Nurse Educator, SCSSC; Clinical Assoc Professor Leonie Watterson; Dr Helen Zois, Consultant anaesthetist, St George and Prince of Wales Hospitals, NSW.
Original material
Dr Nicholas Chrimes, Monash Medical Centre, Vic (Supraglottic Recue); Dr Andrew Heard, Consultant anaesthetist, Royal Perth Hospital (Infraglottic Rescue); Leonie Watterson and Adam Rehak (Transition).
Course development faculty
Course leads: Dr Tsung Chai; Dr Roberta Edmeades; Dr Adam Rehak.
Instructors: Dr Philip Black, Consultant anaesthetist, Prince of Wales Hospital, NSW; Dr Nicholas Chrimes; Dr Micah Friend, Consultant anaesthetist, Royal North Shore Hospital; Dr Jagdeep Grewal, Fellow, SCSSC; Dr Oliver Hambidge, Registrar, Royal North Shore Hospital; Dr Andrew Heard; Clinical Assoc Professor Leonie Watterson; Dr Helen Zois.
Course expert working group
Dr Tsung Chai, Dr Roberta Edmeades, Dr Micah Friend, Dr Andrew Heard, Dr Adam Rehak, Clinical Assoc Professor Leonie Watterson, Dr Helen Zois.
Educational team
Dr Morgan Sherwood; Ms Stephanie O'Regan, Curriculum Development Officer, Senior Instructor, SCSSC; Dr Adam Rehak; Clinical Assoc Professor Leonie Watterson.
Copyright
© Sydney Clinical Skills and Simulation Centre 2013. The Vortex Approach is copyright Nicholas Chrimes and Peter Fritz. Vortex graphic provided by Designland.
Conditions of use
The materials may be reproduced for study or non-commercial training purposes. Material should be used unmodified and attributed to the ’CICO: Management of the Critically Obstructed Airway Course’, Royal Australasian College of Physicians. Reproduction of original work by authors or the expert working group which is referenced in the materials should be explicitly acknowledged.
Disclaimer
Care has been taken to confirm the accuracy of the information presented and to describe generally accepted practices. However, the authors, editor and publisher are not responsible for perceived or actual inaccuracies, omissions or interpretation of the contents of the publication.
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1. On behalf of the Royal College of Physicians (RACP) and collaborating colleges: Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA); Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM); and Joint Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (JFICM).
