Airway – The Protected Airway Collaborative

Milestones for the Protected Airway Collaborative In 2025

In 2025, the Protected Airway Collaborative evolved its educational approach, emphasizing durable skill development rather than content consumption. The year saw advancements in learning infrastructure, interactive spaces, and community-driven contributions. The focus shifted from short courses to ongoing engagement, aiming to foster mastery through practice and collaboration among clinicians.

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Connect With Us at Community Hours

We’re Excited to Announce a New Way to Connect, Learn, and Grow Together Starting next month, the Protected Airway Collaborative will be hosting live sessions designed exclusively for our community. These sessions […]

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Livestream: HALO Skills for Massive Hemoptysis

With a DIY Trainer Demo + Q&A Massive hemoptysis is the definition of a High Acuity, Low Occurrence (HALO) event. When it happens, seconds count, and the team needs a […]

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The Pre-Intubation Bolus Prior to Intubation is so 2021

Reviews to Elevate Your Airway Practice A review article on […]

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World-Class Airway Course Now Available in Europe | The Protected Airway

The Protected Airway Collaborative focuses on enhancing airway management through top-tier education and training. Recently, the German Society for Emergency Medicine joined, offering the Protected Airway Course in Europe. The first event took place in June 2024 in Berlin, attracting participants from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland for valuable hands-on learning.

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Join the Future of Airway Education

We are revolutionizing airway training through an innovative platform that combines immersive education with evidence-based content. Subscribe to our YouTube channel for updates and support our mission through donations.

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The Evidence for Video Laryngoscopy for the Neonatal Airway

The benefits of video laryngoscopy (VL) have been widely discussed and promoted for adult intubations. However, direct laryngoscopy with a Miller blade remains the go-to option for neonatal airways. 2024 may change that.

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Jaw Wired Shut? No Problem.

What’s Inside 10 POINTS AVAILABLE Open the guide and visit each poster to collect maximum points. If you are in a PAC pop-up physical space, complete the skills challenges, demonstrate […]

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3D Printing Comes to the Video Laryngoscope

create your own affordable VL training tools At our last in person PAC event, we were fortunate enough to have Bryan Archpru of AirAngelBlade come to join us. Everyone was […]

Airway Meds

An Easy Way to Remember if Sux is Safe for Your Patient

Succinylcholine (Sux) is a depolarizing skeletal muscle relaxant. It combines with […]

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Be Great at the Bag Valve Mask

A Podcast DESIGNED TO ELEVATE YOUR AIRWAY PRACTICE Join us as we explore the strange disconnect between this supposedly fundamental skill set and its real world implementation. Introduction When the […]

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Anatomy of the Bag Valve Mask

A NEXTGEN LEARNING SPACE DESIGNED TO ELEVATE YOUR AIRWAY PRACTICE It lives in or nearby almost every clinical space, but when was the last time you really took a close […]

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Glidescope CORE

Tools of the Trade designed to elevate your airway practice Start here Glidescope Intro Video Check out the product video from Verathon to get a first look at what this […]

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Rapid Sequence Intubation

Rapid sequence intubation (RSI) is the virtually simultaneous administration of a sedative and a neuromuscular blocking (paralytic) agent to render a patient rapidly unconscious and flaccid in order to facilitate emergent […]

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COVID19 Intubation Protocol

Need to intubate your COVID19 patient? Here's our protocol developed by our frontline COVID19 intubation team.

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Be Great at Face Mask Ventilation

Everything old is new again! Delivering O2 via face mask ventilation is one of the most important (and under-appreciated) skills in airway management. In the age of #covid19 this is even more true #EMIQdaily #PACairway