In emergency medicine, simply knowing how to place a breathing tube is not enough.
Paramedics, nurses, physicians, and other airway providers may need to perform this procedure in an uncontrolled environment where they cannot clearly see the structures they need to identify.
Critical Airways provides intensive training courses specializing in difficult airway intubation. Our clinical curriculum is designed for educators and clinicians seeking to master advanced techniques in contaminated and complex airway scenarios. Each course combines theoretical evidence-based protocols with hands-on technical proficiency training.
CRITICAL AIRWAY COURSE™
Train the decision-making, not just the procedure.
The Critical Airway Course™ is an immersive educational experience focused on one of the most challenging situations in airway management—the contaminated and obscured airway. Through a combination of evidence-based instruction and high-fidelity simulation, participants will develop the advanced strategies, technical skills, and decision-making abilities required to successfully manage airways complicated by blood, vomit, and other secretions.
Students will learn practical techniques for
Airway decontamination
Suction-assisted laryngoscopy
Optimizing visualization during severe contamination
Adapting intubation strategies under pressure
Coordinating effective team-based airway management
Emphasis is placed on recognizing deteriorating conditions early, maintaining procedural control in chaotic environments, and employing deliberate, reproducible methods that have proven to improve first-pass success.
This course is designed to benefit providers of all experience levels.
For the inexperienced clinician
It provides a structured framework and hands-on repetition that builds confidence and develops foundational skills for managing difficult airway scenarios.
For the experienced airway practitioner
The course offers an opportunity to refine advanced techniques, challenge ingrained habits, and train in realistic scenarios that are infrequently encountered but carry significant clinical consequences.
This is more than an airway course—it is training for the moments when visibility is lost, stress is high, and clinical excellence matters most.
The training environment and scenarios within this course have been forged over a career of advanced airway practice, shaped by years of managing critically ill patients in high-acuity environments where airway failure is not an option. Every lesson, simulation, and teaching point has been developed from real-world experiences, hard-earned insights, and the understanding that preparation for the worst airway begins long before the patient is in front of you.
VOMITRON™
Vomitron is a high-fidelity airway training system designed to recreate one of the most difficult situations a medical provider can encounter: securing a patient’s airway when the mouth and throat are filled with fluid, vomit, blood, or other contaminants.
The Vomitron™ is a specialized intubation training device engineered for high-fidelity simulation of suction-assisted laryngoscopy and airway decontamination (SALAD). This robust system enables repeated practice of managing active emesis during intubation without clinical compromise.
✔ Available with or without a mannequin head.
✔ Custom adapter kits provided based on your specific mannequin head model.
✔ Seamless integration with existing clinical simulation labs.
CUSTOMER REVIEWS
"Excellent instruction and the curriculum. The hands-on training provided in this course is second to none. Every medic I have sent through this program has a 100% first pass rate with video laryngoscopy. This class should be considered mandatory training for every paramedic and EMT.
-Justin Silva
EMS Coordinator - Dive Master
Abington Fire-Rescue & EMS Sevices
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