Certificate in Airway Management

Course Overview

What you will learn

• Assess and predict a difficult airway.
• Perform basic airway manoeuvres and adjunct placement.
• Use supraglottic airway devices and bag-valve-mask ventilation.
• Manage airway emergencies including obstruction and aspiration risk.
• Apply a structured escalation approach when airway control fails.

Curriculum

Course outline

Module 1 — Airway assessment

Anatomy review and predictors of a difficult airway.

Module 2 — Basic airway techniques

Head-tilt/chin-lift, jaw thrust, and oral/nasal airway adjuncts.

Module 3 — Advanced devices

Supraglottic airways, bag-valve-mask, and suction technique.

Module 4 — Airway emergencies

Obstruction, aspiration risk and escalation pathways.

Assessment & certification

Manikin-based skills test. Successful candidates receive their QR-verified DIMS certificate.