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Ryan Hodnick

Physical/Critical Care Paramedic and Medical Director
Tri State CareFlight New Mexico and Colorado
With a passion for Prehospital Medicine, airway and ventilator management, Ryan operates in the capacity of Physician/Critical Care Paramedic and Medical Director for Tri State CareFlight New Mexico and Colorado. He is active clinically working shifts at all of the New Mexico and Colorado bases. He also serves as Medical Director/Prehospital Physician for the Artesia, New Mexico Fire Department, Santa Fe County, New Mexico Fire Department and as the Assistant Medical Director for Med Flight Air Ambulance in Albuquerque, New Mexico and El Paso, Texas. Additionally, he serves as an Event Physician /Paramedic at Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas, Nevada (second largest rave in the world), Burning Man, Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, South Dakota, and NASCAR in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is also an instructor for the national Difficult Airway Course EMS as well as Wilderness Medical Associates.
COURSES BY Ryan Hodnick

Supraglottic Airway Management

Supraglottic airways have evolved beyond the combitube with more and more devices available in the field today. They can be very powerful tools in the management of airways both in the field and the hospital in well trained hands. With so many available devices it can be a task for an agency to decide which device to use. This course will explore the role that supraglottic airways play in prehospital airway management as well as discuss the commonalities between devices as well as the differences. Tips and tricks for better supraglottic airway management will be discussed.

Course Type: Full-length Course

Course Duration: 60 min