. . . CORRESPONDENCE COURSE U.S. ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT CENTER AND SCHOOL SUBCOURSE MD0569 EDITION 200 CHEST AND AIRWAY PROBLEMS In this subcourse, you will study chest and airway problems. Chest trauma refers to general information about chest injuries as well as information about specific chest injuries. Airway problems includes information on devices -- nasopharyngeal airway (NPA), the Combitube™ and KING LT-D™ airway [which are both BIADS (blind insertion airway devices)], and the endotracheal tube (ET) -- that can be used to open and maintain an airway. If other life-saving methods are not successful in opening and maintaining an airway, an opening is made in the trachea to bypass the site of an upper airway obstruction. This subject matter is of vital importance in saving lives. ---------------------- Length: 55 Pages Estimated Hours to Complete: 8 Format: PDF file Size: 0.8 MB ---------------------- Subcourse Components: Lesson 1, Chest Trauma. Lesson 2, Airway Management. Lesson 3, Cricothyroidotomy. ---------------------------- Anyone may take this course. However, to receive credit hours, you must be officially enrolled and complete an examination furnished by the Nonresident Instruction Branch at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Enrollment is normally limited to Department of Defense personnel. Others may apply for enrollment, but acceptance is not guaranteed. This file is in PDF format and requires a PDF reader. A free PDF reader is available from Adobe through the link below. This Course in available only by Download. |
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