Every journey has to begin somewhere. For those learning to safely and effectively manage airway emergencies, that journey begins with a reminder that what you do matters. For us at PAC, this also means that how we learn these lifesaving skills also matter if want them to be readily available to us when we need them most. So at the beginning of the PAC journey, we think the best place to start is with the most important airway lesson of all.

By David Bodnar MD

Endotracheal tube placement requires mastering laryngoscopy skills both DL & VL as well as techniques to optimize your efforts. Dr David Bodnar walks you through those essential skills.

The supraglottic airway is one of your three upper airway lifelines in an emergency airway situation.

We spend a lot of time focused on what we need to learn. But in an era of accelerating complexity and disruptive change, the process of how we learn increasingly needs to be included in our focus.

As a physician, I live with the reality that sometimes our knowledge can fail us. When this happens we need to be able to access learning structures that understand how we learn, anticipate our weaknesses, and leverage our strengths. In short, learning designed for humans.

This talk is about my personal journey that laid the groundwork for using the concept of a self-education loop to "rebrain" myself after a terrifying failed airway experience.

We spend a lot of time focused on what we need to learn. But in an era of accelerating complexity and disruptive change, the process of how we learn increasingly needs to be included in our focus.

As a physician, I live with the reality that sometimes our knowledge can fail us. When this happens we need to be able to access learning structures that understand how we learn, anticipate our weaknesses, and leverage our strengths. In short, learning designed for humans.

This talk is about my personal journey that laid the groundwork for using the concept of a self-education loop to "rebrain" myself after a terrifying failed airway experience.

By Chris Root Have you ever had to manage a rapidly evolving airway in a CT scanner, in the elevator, or that small curtained area filled with supplies in the back of your ED. Maybe you showed up a a code and with 50 other people surrounding the bedside. Whatever the scenario, intubating with less than optimal space is more comment that you may think.

The critical first step in intubating your patient is making the decision that they need to be intubated. This may seem obvious but in the real world, the correct answer is not always clear. Here we give you a quick and easy way to assess your patient to help you come to the right clinical decision.

A cognitive tool for a quick review of the steps in performing a bougie-A=aided cricothryoidotomy

A lecture (talk) is a learning tool. In order to make it an effective one, you have to understand the strengths and limitations of the tool your using. Here are the building blocks of a great EM talk.

Images can enhance your talk, but it's not as easy as just putting up a picture instead of words. Like a good wordsmith, effective use of images requires thought, a clarity of message, and an understanding of how the image will relate to the text on the slide. Here are my tips for using images well in your next talk.

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Critically ill physiology combined with endotracheal intubation can be a recipe for disaster. Focusing only on the mechanics of intubation and failing to prepare for the effects it will have is heading down a dangerous road. The HOV mnemonic -- Hemodynamics, Oxygenation, Ventilation (pH) is a simple way to organize key concepts and skills needed to intubate a sick patient safely. So be prepared, and next shift ask yourself, "is my patient in the HOV lane?"

Welcome to the EM Design Challenge of 2016. Get a head start and see what's in store for the design teams on August 24th.

"challenging the next generation of EM physicians to transform residency education"