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ForwardDifficult Airway Course 05/15/2026
Course Description
This difficult airway course focuses on recognizing signs of a challenging pediatric airway and applying effective strategies for bag-valve-mask (BVM) ventilation and adjunct airway use to maintain airway patency. Participants will assess the need for advanced airway management and develop competency in using specialized equipment for pediatric patients. The course also provides hands-on training in needle cricothyrotomy, with participants demonstrating proper technique and the use of jet insufflation to deliver oxygen in emergent airway situations.
Financial and In-Kind Commercial Support
No financial nor in-kind commercial support was received for these education activities.
Target Audience
- Nurses
- Paramedics
Learning Objectives
- Assess for signs of difficult pediatric airways. Participants will apply strategies for effective BVM and adjunct airway use to maintain pediatric airway.
- Assess need for advanced airway management and apply skills with advanced equipment. Participants will be competent to use advanced airway equipment when working with pediatric patients.
- Assess need for needle cricothyrotomy and demonstrate proper technique to manage a pediatric airway using cricothyrotomy. Participants will demonstrate the proper procedure and use jet insufflation to deliver O2 to lungs.
Joshua Barnett, A.S.em, NRP, FP-C, C-NPT, PNCCT
Lexi Crawford, Attending Physician (MD) Pediatric Critical Care, Children’s National Hospital. Director of 4th Year Medical Student Electives. Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Jia Liu, MD
Karen Oconnell, MD , MEd
Joint Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Children's National Hospital is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Children’s National Hospital Accreditation Provider# 4008362.
Nurses: Children’s National Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.0 ANCC contact hour(s) for nurses. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Available Credit
- 6.00 ANCCChildren’s National Hospital will provide 6.00 Nursing Contact Hours for this Live activity.
- 6.00 ParticipationSuccessful completion of this continuing education activity.