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Airway Management Calgary
Canadian Red Cross Airway Management training for dental professionals, healthcare workers, BLS students, professional responders, lifeguards, industrial medics, workplace first aid teams, and students building toward higher-level emergency response.
Public courses in Calgary, with select Leduc dates and private group training available across Alberta.
Airway Management focuses on airway positioning, airway assessment, airway adjuncts, suction, assisted ventilation, bag-valve-mask use, airway obstruction, and practical breathing-support skills.
Airway Management Course Dates
Choose an available Airway Management course date below. Registration is completed through our secure scheduling system.
Not sure if Airway Management is the right course for your workplace, dental clinic, healthcare role, aquatic facility, responder pathway, or certification requirement?
Quick Course Details
Certification:
Canadian Red Cross Airway Management
Certificates issued:
One digital Canadian Red Cross certificate
Certification length:
Airway Management is valid for 3 years.
Some workplaces, professional colleges, dental offices, healthcare employers, or internal policies may require airway training to be completed more often. Students may retake the course sooner if required for workplace, college, employer, clinic, or professional standards.
Course level:
Airway and ventilation support training
Best for:
Dental professionals, dental assistants, dental hygienists, healthcare workers, BLS students, lifeguards, industrial medics, workplace responders, professional responders, fire applicants, EMR students, and emergency response teams
Location:
Calgary, with select Leduc and private group options when available
Format:
Short-format in-person certification course
Prerequisite:
No prerequisite unless stated on the course date, booking page, workplace requirement, or training pathway
Recommended preparation:
Students should arrive prepared for hands-on airway positioning, ventilation practice, airway adjunct use, suction practice, and practical patient-care exercises.Course Overview
Airway Management is a Canadian Red Cross certification course designed to help students understand and practise airway support skills used in emergency care environments.
Students learn practical airway positioning, airway assessment, airway adjunct use, suction, assisted ventilation, and bag-valve-mask skills.
The course is practical and hands-on. Students should expect equipment setup, airway skill practice, patient-care discussion, and instructor-guided training focused on supporting breathing and airway emergencies.
Who This Course Is For
Airway Management is intended for students who may support breathing, airway, or ventilation emergencies in a workplace, healthcare, dental, aquatic, industrial, responder, or volunteer setting.
This course is commonly taken by:
dental assistants
dental hygienists
dentists
medical office staff
healthcare workers
Basic Life Support students
industrial responders
workplace first aid attendants
lifeguards
aquatic staff
fire applicants
EMR students
Advanced First Aid students
volunteer responders
remote worksite responders
search and rescue members
sports and event medical teams
professional responders
If you are registering to meet a workplace, clinic, school, regulator, employer, or volunteer organization requirement, confirm the current requirement before registering.
Course Format
Airway Management is delivered as a short-format in-person certification course.
Students participate in practical airway equipment setup, airway positioning, suction practice, ventilation support, and instructor-guided skill development.
There is no required Canadian Red Cross blended online learning or pre-course module unless specifically stated on the course date, booking page, or course instructions.
Full Airway Management Course
This course is intended for students seeking Airway Management certification or organizations requiring airway and ventilation-support training for staff.
Practical Skills Training
Students should be prepared to practice airway positioning, use airway equipment, work near other students during skills practice, and participate in patient/practitioner role practice.
Optional Add-On Training
Airway Management is commonly paired with Basic Life Support and Oxygen Therapy for dental offices, healthcare teams, responder students, industrial teams, and workplace medical response groups.
Course Content
Airway Management course content may include:
airway assessment
airway positioning
airway obstruction
head-tilt/chin-lift
jaw thrust
recovery position considerations
oropharyngeal airways
nasopharyngeal airways
suction equipment
bag-valve-mask ventilation
assisted ventilation
breathing emergencies
patient-care considerations
equipment setup and handling
scenario-based airway support where applicable
Prerequisites
No prerequisite is required for the full Airway Management course unless stated on the course date, booking page, workplace requirement, or training pathway.
Students are responsible for confirming that the selected course meets their workplace, healthcare, regulatory, school, volunteer, or employment requirement.
Students building toward responder-level training often combine Airway Management with Basic Life Support, Oxygen Therapy, Advanced First Aid, or Emergency Medical Responder training.
Certification
Successful students receive a digital Canadian Red Cross Airway Management certificate.
Certification length:
3 years
To receive certification, students must attend and participate in all required course activities and successfully demonstrate the required practical skills.
Registration does not guarantee certification. Certification requires attendance, participation, and successful completion of all required course components.
Frequently Asked Questions
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No. Basic Life Support focuses on CPR, AED use, assisted ventilation, team-based resuscitation, and healthcare or responder-level CPR skills.
Airway Management focuses more specifically on airway positioning, airway adjuncts, suction, ventilation support, and airway-related patient care.
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Many students take Airway Management and Oxygen Therapy together because the topics support each other.
Airway Management focuses on opening, maintaining, and supporting the airway. Oxygen Therapy focuses on oxygen safety, oxygen equipment, and oxygen delivery devices.
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No. There are no prerequisites for general registration unless stated on the course date or booking page.
Students taking Airway Management as part of a responder pathway should also consider Basic Life Support, Oxygen Therapy, Advanced First Aid, or Emergency Medical Responder training depending on their goals.
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Canadian Red Cross Airway Management certification is valid for 3 years.
Some students may need to complete it more often because of workplace, dental, healthcare, employer, college, or professional requirements. If your employer or regulator requires annual or two-year renewal, follow that requirement.
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No. Delta Emergency provides the required airway training equipment for classroom practice.
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Yes. Airway Management is useful for dental professionals and clinic staff who want practical airway, ventilation, and emergency preparedness training.
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Yes. Lifeguards and aquatic teams may benefit from Airway Management training because breathing and airway emergencies are important considerations in aquatic response.
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No. Airway Management recertification courses do not exist. Students who need to renew or maintain the certification retake the full Airway Management course.
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Yes. Delta Emergency can provide private group Airway Management training for dental clinics, workplaces, industrial teams, aquatic facilities, responder groups, volunteer organizations, and other teams that need airway-related training.
Registration Policies
Students must attend and participate in the required course components and successfully complete the required evaluations to receive certification.
Students are responsible for confirming that the selected course meets their employer, clinic, workplace, healthcare, school, volunteer, application, or certification requirement before registering.
Course transfers, cancellations, and refunds are subject to Delta Emergency’s registration policies.
Related Courses
Need CPR and AED training too?
Basic Life Support is commonly used for healthcare, dental, responder, workplace medical, and annual recertification requirements.
Need oxygen training too?
Oxygen Therapy pairs well with Airway Management for students who want stronger airway and breathing support skills.
Booking for staff, a clinic, or a response team?
Delta Emergency can provide private group Airway Management training for healthcare teams, dental offices, workplaces, clinics, aquatic facilities, responder groups, schools, volunteer organizations, and industrial teams.
Need workplace first aid too?
Standard First Aid is commonly used for workplace certification, school prerequisites, and employment requirements.
Need higher-level responder training?
Advanced First Aid is a stronger option for fire applicants, industrial responders, remote workers, and students building toward EMR-level training.
Building toward EMR?
Emergency Medical Responder is a higher-level Canadian Red Cross professional responder course for students, industrial responders, remote workers, and private response teams