Moderator EMEDPA Posted November 22, 2017 Moderator Share Posted November 22, 2017 Just took the 3 day Difficult airway course for emergency medicine physicians. great course. Took the ems version in 2010 for 1/3 the price. The em course has better scenarios and is more in-depth with regard to fiberoptics, but you probably only need the full em course if you work solo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medic25 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Took it a few years back; I've also taken the EMS version and found the EM one more relevant to ED practice. We send our PA residents to the Levitan cadaver-based airway course in Baltimore; I'm looking forward to trying it someday to see how it compares to the sim-based Difficult Airway Course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted November 23, 2017 Author Moderator Share Posted November 23, 2017 I would like to do that one as well. Kargiver did it a few years ago and really liked it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kargiver Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 One must take the Levitan course for airways... Ron Wall's course is good for management aspects of a difficult airway - but Levitan's course truly teaches you how to intubate. You lads know my background; did EMS for 18 years before moving into the ER, mostly non-transport, high call volume ALS a.k.a. a cruiseship full of tubes over a career. But walking away from the Levitan course, that was the first time I learned to actually intubate someone. Few courses throughout my academic, medical and paramedical career have been as impactful as Rich's course. Follow it up with his fiber-optic course and you'll never trust an airway in someone else's hands ever again. For newbies or those getting into EM - Take Levitan's course first. Then take Ron Wall's course. Then take Levitan's fiber-optic course. You will never look at airways the same way again. G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajnelson Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Levitan's course was AMAZING. I'm lucky, my current job paid me to take it. But, I would pay for it out of pocket again. Met some amazing providers (mostly docs), and got to get some good PA PR to these docs (they were impressed at what I managed as a PA and that I was taking courses they were) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted January 23, 2018 Author Moderator Share Posted January 23, 2018 I will likely take the Levitan course next time I need one in a few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbrothers98 Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Walls twice, Levitan once. Will only do Levitan course in the future. George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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