The Difficult Airway App Hack 3.1 + Redeem Codes
Developer: Airway Management Education Center
Category: Medical
Price: $3.99 (Download for free)
Version: 3.1
ID: com.theairwaysite.DiffAirway
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The Difficult Airway App (v.3.1)
The Difficult Airway App™ is an essential tool for clinicians who manage emergency airways in any setting: the ED, ICU, in-patient unit or the many EMS practice environments.
THE RIGHT DRUGS, THE RIGHT DOSES, THE RIGHT WAY!
This app rapidly and easily selects the right drugs for RSI, automatically adjusting for obesity and hemodynamics. Pediatric dosing and equipment selection is a snap using the Broselow-Luten color system or the child's estimated weight.
Stay out of trouble! The Difficult Airway App™ guides the user quickly and easily through important algorithms, predictors of the difficult airway, and the step-by-step approach to RSI taught in The Difficult Airway Course: Emergency™.
The Difficult Airway App™ features:
EASY, YET SOPHISTICATED ADULT AND PEDIATRIC DRUG DOSING
• For adult dosing, a few simple clicks bring you to recommended doses that incorporate patient weight, body habitus and hemodynamics.
• The pediatric drug dosing function incorporates the color-coded system created by James Broselow, MD and Robert C. Luten, MD for rapid, safe management of pediatric airway cases.
• The option to customize your formulary means that only the drugs you use will appear in the recommendations.
DECISION-MAKING SUPPORT
• Straight-forward algorithms allow you to quickly determine the best approach to your patient’s airway.
• Easy mnemonics walk you through predictors of a difficult airway, including difficult laryngoscopy (LEMON), difficult BMV (ROMAN), difficult extraglottic device use (RODS) and difficult cricothyrotomy (SMART).
• Pearls of wisdom, based on evidence and expert opinion, are offered throughout.
RAPID SEQUENCE INTUBATION
• The 7 – Ps of RSI: a step-by-step guide for adult and pediatric patients.
• Adult and pediatric RSI drug dosing.
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
• Richly detailed illustrations of the airway anatomy.
• Links to information about The Difficult Airway Courses™.
Created by Ron M. Walls, MD, Michael F. Murphy, MD and Robert C. Luten, MD. With significant updates by Calvin A. Brown III, MD.
The Difficult Airway App™ is an essential tool for clinicians who manage emergency airways in any setting: the ED, ICU, in-patient unit or the many EMS practice environments.
THE RIGHT DRUGS, THE RIGHT DOSES, THE RIGHT WAY!
This app rapidly and easily selects the right drugs for RSI, automatically adjusting for obesity and hemodynamics. Pediatric dosing and equipment selection is a snap using the Broselow-Luten color system or the child's estimated weight.
Stay out of trouble! The Difficult Airway App™ guides the user quickly and easily through important algorithms, predictors of the difficult airway, and the step-by-step approach to RSI taught in The Difficult Airway Course: Emergency™.
The Difficult Airway App™ features:
EASY, YET SOPHISTICATED ADULT AND PEDIATRIC DRUG DOSING
• For adult dosing, a few simple clicks bring you to recommended doses that incorporate patient weight, body habitus and hemodynamics.
• The pediatric drug dosing function incorporates the color-coded system created by James Broselow, MD and Robert C. Luten, MD for rapid, safe management of pediatric airway cases.
• The option to customize your formulary means that only the drugs you use will appear in the recommendations.
DECISION-MAKING SUPPORT
• Straight-forward algorithms allow you to quickly determine the best approach to your patient’s airway.
• Easy mnemonics walk you through predictors of a difficult airway, including difficult laryngoscopy (LEMON), difficult BMV (ROMAN), difficult extraglottic device use (RODS) and difficult cricothyrotomy (SMART).
• Pearls of wisdom, based on evidence and expert opinion, are offered throughout.
RAPID SEQUENCE INTUBATION
• The 7 – Ps of RSI: a step-by-step guide for adult and pediatric patients.
• Adult and pediatric RSI drug dosing.
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
• Richly detailed illustrations of the airway anatomy.
• Links to information about The Difficult Airway Courses™.
Created by Ron M. Walls, MD, Michael F. Murphy, MD and Robert C. Luten, MD. With significant updates by Calvin A. Brown III, MD.
Version history
3.1
2022-08-05
Improved User Experience (UX) on the Welcome Screens and the App Registration Form (optional).
3.0
2022-06-29
The overall look of The Difficult Airway App has been refreshed with a new color scheme and updated navigation. There are minor changes in the SCh Hyperkalemia, Tips & Pearls, Adult 7Ps, Pediatric 7Ps, and Additional Resources sections. A new Acronym Section has been added to define the acronyms used in the app.
On the Adult Patient RSI Calculator, the following adjustments have been made:
- Midazolam will no longer be recommended as an Induction Agent.
- All induction agents are now tagged as “Total Body Weight” drugs unless the patient is obese or morbidly obese, then the induction agents are tagged as “Lean Body Weight” drugs.
- Refined dosing for Propofol based on body habitus.
- Ketamine dosing has been decreased for hypotension.
- The base dose for Rocuronium has been changed from 1 mg/kg to 1.5 mg/kg for NMBA dosing recommendations.
On the Adult Patient RSI Calculator, the following adjustments have been made:
- Midazolam will no longer be recommended as an Induction Agent.
- All induction agents are now tagged as “Total Body Weight” drugs unless the patient is obese or morbidly obese, then the induction agents are tagged as “Lean Body Weight” drugs.
- Refined dosing for Propofol based on body habitus.
- Ketamine dosing has been decreased for hypotension.
- The base dose for Rocuronium has been changed from 1 mg/kg to 1.5 mg/kg for NMBA dosing recommendations.
2.3
2018-08-08
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
On the adult RSI drug dosing calculator, the highest weight class is now 150 kg (instead of 150+ kg). The doses provided when this option is chosen are most appropriate for patients who weigh 150 kg. For weights greater than 150 kg, please refer to the base dosing schedule found in the “About Calculator” section of the Adult RSI Calculator. Lean body weight should be used for induction agent dosing. See also The Walls Manual of Emergency Airway Management, 5e (Chapter 20).
On the Pediatric Patient RSI Chart, the size of the ET Tube in the Orange Zone has changed from 6.0 cuff to 5.5 cuff.
On the Pediatric Patient RSI Chart, the size of the ET Tube in the Green Zone has changed from 6.5 cuff to 6.0 cuff.
Links in the Additional Resources section were updated to point to our newly redesigned website (www.theairwaysite.com).
On the adult RSI drug dosing calculator, the highest weight class is now 150 kg (instead of 150+ kg). The doses provided when this option is chosen are most appropriate for patients who weigh 150 kg. For weights greater than 150 kg, please refer to the base dosing schedule found in the “About Calculator” section of the Adult RSI Calculator. Lean body weight should be used for induction agent dosing. See also The Walls Manual of Emergency Airway Management, 5e (Chapter 20).
On the Pediatric Patient RSI Chart, the size of the ET Tube in the Orange Zone has changed from 6.0 cuff to 5.5 cuff.
On the Pediatric Patient RSI Chart, the size of the ET Tube in the Green Zone has changed from 6.5 cuff to 6.0 cuff.
Links in the Additional Resources section were updated to point to our newly redesigned website (www.theairwaysite.com).
2.2
2018-02-15
This revision introduces the new EMS Difficult Airway Algorithm. This algorithm is modeled after the original Difficult Airway Algorithm but is tailored to the EMS environment. It incorporates predicted difficult airway and experienced difficult airway situations with modifications to account for transport times, local protocols, preference and medical direction.
In the Pediatric RSI section, the stylet size in the Purple Zone was changed from 10 F to 6 F.
In the Pediatric RSI section, the stylet size in the Purple Zone was changed from 10 F to 6 F.
2.1
2017-04-25
This revision (along with the previous one) brings The Difficult Airway App™ fully in line with the Walls Manual of Emergency Airway Management, 5th Edition (Brown CA, Sakles JC, Mick NW eds., 2017). The changes in this revision include:
•A minor revision to the Difficult Airway Algorithm
•Removal of vecuronium from the NMBA list in the adult drug dosing calculator
•Clarification that induction agent dosing for “thin to average patients” is based on total body weight
•Improvement to Adult RSI navigation
•The addition of “Flush Rate O₂” to the 7Ps of RSI (Adult)
•The addition of “Consider shoulder roll for infants < 6 months” to the 7Ps of RSI (Pediatric)
•Minor edits to “Tips and Pearls”
•Two new airway anatomy illustrations in Educational Resources
•A minor revision to the Difficult Airway Algorithm
•Removal of vecuronium from the NMBA list in the adult drug dosing calculator
•Clarification that induction agent dosing for “thin to average patients” is based on total body weight
•Improvement to Adult RSI navigation
•The addition of “Flush Rate O₂” to the 7Ps of RSI (Adult)
•The addition of “Consider shoulder roll for infants < 6 months” to the 7Ps of RSI (Pediatric)
•Minor edits to “Tips and Pearls”
•Two new airway anatomy illustrations in Educational Resources
2.0
2016-06-13
June 10, 2016
Updated difficult airway mnemonics and "7Ps of RSI" to match the new material being taught in The Difficult Airway Course: Emergency™. Evidence-based simplification of adult drug dosing calculator. Other minor revisions.
Updated difficult airway mnemonics and "7Ps of RSI" to match the new material being taught in The Difficult Airway Course: Emergency™. Evidence-based simplification of adult drug dosing calculator. Other minor revisions.
1.5
2012-06-12
Updated algorithms and mnemonics to match the Manual of Emergency Airway Management (4th Edition). Improved organization, easier navigation, new "About Calculator" section and other content enhancements.
1.0.2
2011-10-12
Enhancements to adult RSI section.
1.0.1
2011-06-17
updated EULA
1.0
2011-06-07
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Ratings
4.1 out of 5
16 Ratings
Reviews
Jacksteveswife,
I like it
It works well. It's pretty quick on my iPhone. It says it changes the dose to factor in low bp ect but it would be nice if it told you how much per kg along with the total amount (which is what you get now).
Doc@heart,
Needs a chart of medications
Really needs to have an easy to access chart for every medication with mechanisms of action, recommended dose range per kg of weight, common side effects. Just a table which could be accessed for review without having a particular patient in mind. Would use the app much more often and recommend to other physicians/residents who would be more likely to download the app since it would be a single source for all there is to know on intubation. Will change the review if this changes.
AnotherMikeOnline,
Not up to date
The course materials have been updated with new algorithms but as of the date of this review the last DAC app update is 9 months ago. The app may have been abandoned by the authors in favor of the course books and physical cards.
Dr.Levy,
No dosing info on VECURONIUM!!!!!
Had a difficult airway one night. Couldn’t use succinylcholine choline. Only alternative was vecuronium at my hospital institution. App does NOT give dosing info on vecuronium in the algorithm, only gives info on rocuroium. Pharmacy was not helpful on the dosing either. This app failed to assist me in time of need!
Dave019420,
Very basic
Very basic, not much information, probably ok resource for medical student.
MPinoli,
Great for the ER
The app gives you exact dosing of RSI drugs given some basic patient info so you don't have to calculate ideal or lean body weight in what is a chaotic situation usually. It also has 45 min of video instruction and the algorithms Dr Walls teaches in the course.
Sueno1,
RN,CCRN
Nice app, a little pricy though.
Pgabbie,
Volume doesn't work
Nice app. It would be nice if we could set the dose as well as the drug. IE; 1 mg/kg of succs as opposed to what this is set at to Taylor to our protocol. And the volume doesn't work at all. I cannot hear any of them talking.
yo yo ma ma,
Way overpriced
This app has some great features.... That other apps have for $1.99. The RSI app has the same basic info for a Lot less. Nice quality app, the videos are a nice touch( I love the docs doing the cricothyroidotomy in their nice white coats) but WAY OVERPRICED!
MedicRNHygienist,
Good....
But very short and to the point. Not a whole lot to this app. Just the facts. I purchased two more app's as this was not enough for me to RSI as a newbie.
