We are pleased to announce the publication of the 6th edition of the Walls Manual of Emergency Airway Management by Wolters Kluwer Health. The new 6th edition solidifies the Manual’s standing as the most trusted reference on emergency airway management.  Returning editors Drs. Calvin Brown, III, John Sakles and Nathan Mick are joined by Jarrod […]

Airway Management Education Center is pleased to announce the release of The Difficult Airway App™ for the Android platform.  This release coincides with an update to version 3.1 for iPhone. The Difficult Airway App™ is an essential tool for clinicians who manage emergency airways in the Emergency Department, ICU, in-patient unit or EMS environments.  This […]

The year is already half over!  Schedule your fall CME early and enjoy the summer worry free. So many options to meet your airway education needs – use the links below to register today! The Difficult Airway Course: Emergency  –  Nashville, TN (Sept. 9 – 11), Minneapolis, MN (Sept. 23 – 25), San Diego, CA […]

In conjunction with the start of their annual meeting, the National Association of EMS Physicians released their Compendium of Airway Management Position Statements and Resource Documents. Two of those articles feature faculty for The Difficult Airway Course on their panel of authors.  Darren Braude, MD, EMT-P, Medical Director for The Difficult Airway Course: EMS is […]

Airway Management Education Center, the creators of The Difficult Airway Course™, hosted the tenth annual “Airway Article of the Year” award show as a live webinar on December 16, 2021.  Webinar host, Calvin Brown III, MD presented four articles as finalists.  The nominees were selected from among all the articles covered during the Airway Management […]

In honor of No-Shave November, we asked the bearded Steve Carleton, MD, PhD (senior faculty of The Difficult Airway Course: Emergency) and Darren Braude, MD, EMT-P (Medical Director of The Difficult Airway Course: EMS) how to overcome challenges related to bag-mask ventilation and facial hair. They offered these practical recommendations: A mustache, as long as […]

Updated September 23, 2022 This policy applies to the Emergency, Anesthesia and Critical Care versions of The Difficult Airway Course In-Person National Course Attendance Policy Airway Management Education Center (AMEC) will be holding in-person national courses which will be operated in compliance with State and CDC guidelines and with enhanced cleaning protocols. To ensure an […]

New policy applies to the Emergency, Anesthesia, and Critical Care versions of The Difficult Airway Course 2021 In-Person National Course Attendance Policy Airway Management Education Center (AMEC) will be holding in-person national courses in the Fall of 2021 – in San Diego (September), Denver (October), and Atlanta (November).  These courses will be operated in compliance […]

The latest Breathe Easy podcast from the American Thoracic Society (ATS) features an interview with Jarrod Mosier MD, National Course Director for The Difficult Airway Course: Critical Care and Associate Professor in Emergency Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. Dr. Mosier discusses endotracheal intubation in critically ill adults with COVID-19 and offers insights […]

Airway Management Education Center, the creators of The Difficult Airway Course™, hosted the ninth annual “Airway Article of the Year” award show as a live webinar on December 17, 2020.  Webinar host, Calvin Brown III, MD presented three articles as finalists.  The nominees were selected from among all the articles covered during the Airway Management […]