Airway Management Education Center (AMEC) Information

AMEC's primary mission is to save lives by improving patient airway care through education. The Difficult Airway Course, AMEC's internationally renowned CME program, is an intensive immersion in the evidence-based, algorithmic approach to management of the difficult and failed airways developed by Drs. Ron Walls, Michael Murphy and Robert Luten. Focusing exclusively on the difficult and failed airway, even the most experienced providers are able to take their airway practice to the next level. Since our founding in 1998, over 30,000 physicians and advanced medical providers have attended our courses. Our world-class faculty are renowned experts in airway management with an impressive portfolio of research and publications. Course offerings include: The Difficult Airway Course: Emergency - for emergency physicians and other ED providers The Difficult Airway Course: Anesthesia - for anesthesiologists The Difficult Airway Course: Critical Care - for intensivists and for hospitalists who are responsible for emergency airway management of acute inpatients. Each course features hands-on training in crucial airway techniques including: - Awake Intubation - Cricothyrotomy - Video Laryngoscopy - Extraglottic Devices - Flexible Endoscopic Intubation - Techniques for the Obese Patient - and much more!