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Quick Facts

Medium Of Instructions	Mode Of Learning	Mode Of Delivery
English	Self Study	Video and Text Based

Course Overview

Safely managing a patient’s Airway is one of the more challenging and complex tasks that health professionals have to undertake. Any mistakes in the same can lead to damaging outcomes. To counter these issues and challenges, FutureLearn developed the Airway Matters programme. It will help healthcare professionals such as you, to develop essential strategies to enhance patient safety in your area of expertise.

Also, the Airway Matters online programme by FutureLearn will enable you to prevent any complications, improve overall patient safety, and manage a variety of airway-related difficulties as and when they arise. Also, the course helps you realise the true potential of various human and technical resources. It will allow you to utilise them to the utmost betterment of your patients and clients.

The FutureLearn Airway Matters course also offers an achievement certificate if you have enrolled for the upgraded access. A variety of erudite professors teach the course, all hailing from the University College London (UCL). UCL is the partner university providing this course.

The Highlights

Free course
Five weeks duration
Four hours per week commitment
Expert faculty
Online learning
Self-paced learning
Offered by University College London

Programme Offerings

Self-paced learning
free course
Practical Training
video lectures
Career benefits
five weeks duration
four hours commitment every week
100 per cent online

Courses and Certificate Fees

Fees Informations	Certificate Availability	Certificate Providing Authority
INR 2763	yes	Futurelearn

The students can enroll for free but they will not be able to get any certificate, so if they want to get the advantage of things like certification, course access, 1 year time for course completion they will have to enhance to either upgrade or unlimited courses for Airway Matters certification

Airway Matters Fee Structure

Plan Type	Amount
Limited access	Free
Upgrade	₹ 770/ month
Unlimited	₹2,763

Eligibility Criteria

Since the FutureLearn Airway Matters course and course outcomes are in English, you must be proficient in the language.

What you will learn

Knowledge of anatomy

By the end of the Airway Matters professional training programme, you will have a concrete grasp over practical and theoretical concepts such as:

Safe airway management
Airway equipment
NAP4, recommendations, and key findings
Special airway management techniques like High-Flow Nasal Oxygenation, Awake Tracheal Intubation, and Jet Ventilation
Airway management in special circumstances such as that of obstetrics, pediatrics, and obesity
Applying all the principles learned in real-life situations, thus preventing damage to the airways of patients, and saving their lives

Who it is for

PhysiotherapistNurse

The online Airway Matters course by FutureLearn is designed for all members of a multidisciplinary team who are responsible for providing airway support to patients. This team includes:

Emergency and prehospital medicine physicians
Paramedics
Head and neck surgeons
Operating department practitioners
Nurses
Anaesthesia associates
Anaesthetists
Cardiac arrest team
Healthcare professionals as the programme offer a certificate of achievement that provides sufficient evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Admission Details

Step 1: To register in the Airway Matters online programme, log in to the FutureLearn website.

Step 2: On the course homepage, type the course name, “Airway Matters.”

Step 3: Find the “Join course for free” button at the top of the course webpage and select it.

Step 4: Register using your Google or Facebook credentials. You can also use a personal or organisational email address to register.

Step 5: Choose one of the enrolment options from the three and proceed with the registration.

The Syllabus

Airway Safety: The Big Picture
NAP4, Key Findings and Recommendations
Human Factors and Ergonomics
Capnography
Anatomy: a Journey Through the Airways

Assess the Airway and Develop a Strategy
Airway Equipment
Cognitive Tools
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate

Rapid Sequence Induction
Extubation
The Obstructed Airway
Special Techniques: Awake Tracheal Intubation, High-Flow Nasal Oxygenation, Jet Ventilation, LASER

The Patient Journey
Tracheostomies and Laryngectomies
The Critically Ill Patient
Airway Management in the Patient with COVID-19

Paediatrics
Obstetrics
Obesity
A Global Perspective

Challenges and Standards
Drugs and Equipment
Safety
Pre-hospital Airway Management & COVID 19

Instructors

UCL London Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

1: Which university provides this course?

The FutureLearn Airway Matters online programme is provided by University College London.

2: What is the duration of the course?

The Airway Matters course by FutureLearn is five weeks long.

3: How much time should I commit every week for the programme?

Ideally, you must allot four hours per week to get the most out of this course.

4: The course is not available right now, when will it be back?

There are times when some courses are not available. In such a case, you can turn on email notifications to get notified about the availability of the course. You can also add the course to your wishlist for the time being.

5: What benefits does the “Unlimited” access option come with?

With the “Unlimited” access feature, you will get access to this course, as well as hundreds of other short courses and tests. Moreover, you will receive a digital certificate upon course completion. Lastly, you can also enjoy the utmost flexibility in completing short courses in your own time, without any deadlines.