A high-fidelity simulation and skills course on the emergency management of airway and tracheostomy emergencies.
Course Leads
Sashi Prasad (Head & Neck Consultant Surgeon)
Ambreen Yasin (ST7 Anaesthetist)
James Hooper (ST6 Anaesthetist)
Kavit Dasari (Consultant Anaesthetist)
Contact our Course Organisers
Katherine Phillips (Simulation Practitioner)
Debra Hewitt (Course Administrator
Course Overview
This well supported and in demand course has been developed in collaboration with the UHCW Head and Neck and the Anaesthetics Department. This full day course will equip you with the knowledge and practical skills to manage various tracheostomy emergencies utilising our state-of-the-art immersive high-fidelity facilities and manikins. This course integrates human factors and technical skills in managing tracheostomy emergencies. Complementing these scenarios will be lectures and an opportunity to get hands on with kit and troubleshooting skills.
This course is for Anaesthetists, Critical Care Doctors, ENT, Head & Neck Doctors, Nurses & AHP’s involved in the care of tracheostomy patients.
All candidates must provide GMC or NMC numbers.
Course Objectives
Following the National Tracheostomy Safety Project (NTSP) recommendations we have developed our own multi model approach of using simulation, skills stations and lectures throughout this course. You will have the opportunity to learn together as an MDT about the management of a tracheostomy emergency, the two distinct differences between the Red & Green bedside information and algorithms, human factors, MDT working and soft skills.
This course will cover which patients the two generic NTSP algorithms were developed for and that they would cover the vast majority of common and easily reversible clinical situations that arise whilst accepting that a number of special circumstances do exist (e.g. the critically ill patient in the intensive care unit or the patient who has undergone a complex tracheal reconstruction). Commonalities with management and ‘oxygenation of the patient takes priority’.
Dates
8th April 2025
11th June 2025
10th September 2025
2nd December 2025
Time
08:00-17:00
 | Approved for 6 CPD credits by the
Royal College of Anaesthetists and
accredited by the
Difficult Airway Society |
As part of the course, we would encourage candidates to access the following resources. These can be accessed both pre and post the course to keep your skills up to date.
- The National Tracheostomy Safety Project (NTSP) website hosts 6 modules (taken from eLfH) as part of their e-learning package https://tracheostomy.org.uk/e-learning
- e-LfH, if accessed via this website please search for "tracheosomy" in the search bar and enrol onto the "tracheostomy safety" programme (screenshot below): https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/
This will provide certificates as evidence of completion with CPD points awarded.
Both these resources have been written in collaboration between NTSP and the Royal College of Anaesthetists.
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