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Simulation Presentations

Simulation Presentations

Emergency Airway Management for Medical Students: Oto Chautauqua LIVE!

Sunday, October 12, 2025
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM EDT
Location: Simulation Pavilion 2
Disclosure(s):
Adam R. Szymanowski, MD:

faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Vijay A. Patel, MD:

faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Angela T. Cao, MD:

faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Matthew T. Brigger, MD MPH:

faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Ariel O. Omiunu, MD:

faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Deepthi S. Akella, DO, MS:

faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: This is a hands-on session designed for medical students that focuses on emergency airway management. Students will rotate through 3 airway stations and perform various simulated procedures on a 3D model. In the first station, students will learn how to use a flexible laryngoscope and identify relevant anatomy. In the second station, students are introduced to emergent surgical airway management, which will include indications and approaches to cricothyroidotomy and tracheotomy. Students will also work in groups to perform these procedures on a 3D model. The final station will include management of tracheostomy and laryngectomy tubes. Students will learn how to change and manage tracheostomy tubes, as well as how to address common emergencies associated with tracheotomy tubes.
This session will have a flipped classroom format with an online package of background material that requires review before participating. Please click here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FYvqTj6Nda0QyG6TjGWE9RT_F1k_R91i/view?usp=sharing to read the manual and complete the pre-test. Passing the pre-test is necessary for admission to the course.

OUTCOME OBJECTIVE 1: At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to demonstrate how to use a flexible laryngoscope and identify key anatomical landmarks.

OUTCOME OBJECTIVE 2: At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to demonstrate how to perform an emergency cricothyroidotomy and tracheotomy.

OUTCOME OBJECTIVE 3: At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to identify the components of a tracheostomy tube, demonstrate how to change a tracheostomy tube, and show how to approach tracheostomy tube-related airway emergencies.

BACKGROUND STATEMENT: We have run this session twice with >100 student participants and volunteers from 15 schools.
We have been oversubscribed both times, admitting observers and turning students away. Please see elsewhere in this proposal for student evaluations of the session from 2024.

    Lead Instructor(s)

  • MC

    Michele M. Carr, DDS MD PhD

    Professor
    Department of Otolaryngology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo
    Williamsville, New York, United States

    Disclosure information not submitted.

    • Instructor(s)

  • AS

    Adam R. Szymanowski, MD

    Assistant Professor
    Baylor College of Medicine
    Houston, TX, United States

    Disclosure(s):

    faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

  • VP

    Vijay A. Patel, MD

    Assistant Professor
    Rady Children's Hospital / UCSD
    San Diego, CA, United States

    Disclosure(s):

    faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

  • Angela T. Cao, MD

    Assistant Professor
    University of Louisville
    Louisville, KY, United States

    Disclosure(s):

    faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

  • YC

    Yvonne Chan, MD

    Professor and Vice Chair Education
    University of Toronto
    Toronto, ON, Canada

    Disclosure information not submitted.

  • Matthew T. Brigger, MD MPH

    Professor
    University of California San Diego, Dept of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
    San Diego, CA, United States

    Disclosure(s):

    faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

  • Ariel O. Omiunu, MD

    Resident
    Yale-New Haven Medical Center
    New Haven, CT, United States

    Disclosure(s):

    faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

  • Deepthi S. Akella, DO, MS

    Resident Physician
    University of Missouri Department of Otolaryngology
    Columbia, MO, United States

    Disclosure(s):

    faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.