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Foundations of Emergency Medicine Airway Resources

Emergency airway learning and on-shift support

Use the emergency checklist at the bedside, or choose Quick Hits and Learn for calculators, rescue tools, cases, videos, and skills practice.

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Emergency Airway Checklist

Preparation, Timeout, Failed Attempt / Difficult Airway, and Post-Airway.

Updated four-step Airway Checklist showing Preparation, Timeout, Failed Attempt or Difficult Airway, and Post-Airway
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Quick Hits / Clinical ReferencesInteractive checklists, medication and ventilator calculators, decompensation rescue pathways, and scripts for timeouts, handoffs, and debriefs.Learn / Deep DiveAirway Introduction, AOTM cases, searchable archive, situation-based learning, skill decks, and debriefing guides.Airway of the MonthSeries, current case, recommended cases, AVD, Panopto search, and examples.Airway Skills & Procedure VideosSetup, devices, procedures, rescue skills, and difficult-airway examples.

Reba Hodge video collection: all 29 current shared videos are represented in the library. Last reviewed 2026-07-17.

About this resource
Created by: Andrew Pirotte, MD; Kyle Brown, MD; Reba Hodge, MD; Amanda Vanderwerf, PharmD, BCEMP; Morgan Kimball, PharmD, BCEMP; Joshua Mohess Clinical review: Emergency medicine faculty review completed. Medication content reviewed by Amanda Vanderwerf, PharmD, BCEMP, and Morgan Kimball, PharmD, BCEMP. Last reviewed: 2026-07-23 Next scheduled review: 2027-01-23 Designed for: EM residents, emergency physicians, EMS clinicians, airway educators, and simulation faculty Important: Educational resource and cognitive-aid guide only; not a bedside order set or substitute for local protocol, medical direction, or clinical judgment. Website contact: [email protected]