Airway Manager: Emergency™ on NEJM Knowledge+ is an adaptive learning platform that combines gold-standard airway management content – developed by the faculty of The Difficult Airway Course: Emergency™ – with the most efficient, engaging, and effective way to master and retain knowledge, stay current in this ever-changing field and earn continuing education credits. Airway Manager: Emergency™ brings the world-class airway education you expect from The Difficult Airway Course direct to you – on your laptop, phone or tablet – utilizing the latest adaptive learning technology. Please visit https://staging.theairwaysite.com/a-course/adaptive-learning/ to learn more about Airway Manager products.

Adaptive learning is revolutionary technology that has already been demonstrated to work for physicians for their maintenance of certification. Each module in Airway Manager™ on NEJM Knowledge+ adapts to your pace and knowledge gaps to deliver the information you need to know. The technology uses research-proven methods to help you accelerate proficiency and continuously sharpen skills regardless of your profession.

The adaptive-learning platform continually tailors your experience to your specific learning needs. It ensures you don’t waste time on content you already know. Instead, it delivers material to you on those subjects where you need reinforcement and keeps you focused until you achieve proficiency. Airway Manager on NEJM Knowledge+ helps you learn faster, study more efficiently and retain more knowledge.

It’s new. It’s fun. And best of all, it works! Experience how adaptive learning helps you tackle the challenges of lifelong learning and building proficiency so you can get and stay ahead!

Airway Manager: Emergency™ is intended for healthcare providers who manage airways in the emergency department setting, including Emergency Physicians and other physicians who work in the Emergency Department, Physician Assistants, Paramedics, Flight Nurses and Respiratory Therapists.

The cost to purchase a subscription will vary based on the content available at the time of sign-up. Please visit our Product page to find the cost of a 1 year subscription.

To purchase a subscription, go to the Airway Manager: Emergency page, select the subscription level you would like. While signing up you will be prompted to create an account on theairwaysite.com. Once you make payment, you can access Airway Manager through the Start Learning button on your Account page.

If you already have an account on theairwaysite.com, you will be prompted to log in at the beginning of the purchase process.

Access to your subscription will be immediately available through your Account page upon payment.

You may contact Airway Manager Customer Support by sending us an email at airwaymanager@staging.theairwaysite.com. We will provide a response within 2 business days. If reporting a technical issue, please provide a detailed description, along with any screen shots, to help us resolve the problem.

Access your subscription from your Account Page on www.theairwaysite.com.  Select Site Login on the homepage. This will bring you to your Account page.

From there, click on the Start Learning button, which will bring you to your Airway Manager Dashboard.  If you are already signed in to theairwaysite.com, click on your name in the upper left corner of the homepage to access your account page and start learning.

Contact us at support@staging.theairwaysite.com for assistance. We will be happy to help you retrieve your account information.

For a forgotten password, please click on the Site Login option in the top left-hand corner of theairwaysite.com homepage. On the Login page, there will be a Forgot Password option. You will receive an email with a temporary password. Use the temporary password to log-in to your account.

We encourage you to change your password once in your account. To do so, click on Change Password and follow the prompts. Note: The temporary password will be sent to the email address you used when you registered.

Log into your account using the Site Login option in the top left-hand corner of the screen of www.theairwaysite.com.  If you are already logged in, click on your name to access your account.

This will take you to the Account page. At the top of the Account page, under your name, you can select Change Password.

Log into your account using the Site Login option in the top left-hand corner of the screen at www.theairwaysite.com.  If you are already logged in, click on your name to access your account.

At the top of the Account page, under your name, select Update Your Profile.
Under Contact and Account Information, you will see your email address and can update it there.

As new modules become available, they will be activated in your subscription on your Dashboard.  New “cards” for these modules will be added to the To Do section of your Airway Manager Dashboard. Simply click the card for the module you would like to run.

There are over 320 questions in Airway Manager: Emergency.  The Principles of Airway Management module set contains over 120 questions, and The Emergency Airway Algorithms module set contains over 79 questions. The Anatomy and Physiology module set contains over 70 questions. The Oxygenation module set contains over 50 questions.

Once you purchase your subscription, you have access to all available modules for 1 year – 365 days – from your purchase date.  Renewals are available within a month of your expiration date. You will receive a reminder email when you are eligible for renewal. Your account page will also present the option to renew.

Access to your CME transcript will be available for six years after your term expires.

The Massachusetts Medical Society designates this enduring material for a maximum of 54.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 54.25 MOC points and patient safety MOC credit in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

All questions are approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ and MOC points. You must answer questions correctly to receive CME credit and MOC points. Six questions answered correctly are designated for 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Six questions answered correctly equal 1 MOC point.

To access your CME credits and transcript, you must be logged into your Airway Manager Dashboard. Select Credits Center from the main menu in the upper left corner of the screen. Your credits will be displayed on this page.

Earned credits are those you have earned from all sessions, cumulatively. Submitted credits will indicate credits that have been submitted through PARS for subscribers with a valid ABIM number.

To access your Airway Manager Dashboard from your desktop/laptop, log into your account on www.theairwaysite.com. Click on the Start Learning button beneath the Airway Manager logo. This will take you to your Airway Manager Dashboard.

To print your CME credits and transcript, you must be logged into your Airway Manager Dashboard on a desktop/laptop.

1. Select Credits Center from the main menu in the upper left corner of the screen.
2. Click the My Credit Transcript button.
3. Select the date range you would like reflected on your transcript in the upper left.
4. Click Print Transcript. A PDF will be generated for you to print and/or save.

To access your Airway Manager Dashboard from your desktop/laptop, log into your account on www.theairwaysite.com. Click on the Start Learning button beneath the Airway Manager logo. This will take you to your Airway Manager Dashboard.

We automatically submit your MOC Points using the ACCME PARS system. Points are submitted once every 24 hours, provided you are online.

ABIM (American Board of Internal Medicine)

Submission of MOC points through ACCME PARS requires your ABIM# and date of birth. This information must be entered by December 31 for the current year. To see how much MOC you have earned in each cycle, log into your ABIM account.

The following completion information will be transmitted to the ACCME and the ABIM on behalf of the participant by Airway Management Education Center: ABIM ID (six-digit number), First Name, Last Name, Partial Date of Birth (mm/dd), Activity Completion Date, MOC Points and MOC Credit Type(s). If you wish this information to be transmitted to the ACCME and ABIM, please enter your ABIM ID and Partial Date of Birth by selecting the SUBMIT ABIM MOC button under My Credits Earned.

Airway Manager does not submit MOC points to any other board at this time.

Airway Manager will prompt you for the data required by each board to enable the ACCME PARS transmission process. On the My Credits Earned page, select the SUBMIT ABIM MOC button to enter this data, validate membership and transmit data.

ABIM (American Board of Internal Medicine)

The following completion information will be transmitted to the ACCME and the ABIM on behalf of the participant by Airway Management Education Center: ABIM ID (six-digit number), First Name, Last Name, Partial Date of Birth (mm/dd), Activity Completion Date, MOC Points and MOC Credit Type(s).

You will need to log into ABIM in order to see your MOC points earned and accepted via their website https://www.abim.org/.

If the data in error is your Date of Birth or ABIM number, you can modify this data on the Credits Center page. Use the Change Info button to make changes to your information, the data will be corrected during the nightly PARS transmittal.

If this does not correct the situation, please contact support@staging.theairwaysite.com.

Refresh is a key component of the Adaptive Learning platform that Airway Manager is built on. Once you complete a module, it moves from To Do to Refresh on the Dashboard.

Module cards on Refresh indicate content you have learned, and need to keep up-to-date on. Refresh allows you to review the content you have completed to maintain your level of proficiency by refreshing key concepts. In order to increase the level of automaticity and fluency in the material, you will need to answer quickly, confidently and correctly.

Remember: You cannot actually finish Refresh, only continuously improve on your current knowledge.

Practice Set is another way to learn once you have completed a module. Refer to What is a Practice Set and how does it work? for details on how to use this feature.

Please contact support@staging.theairwaysite.com to initiate your cancellation request.

Subscriptions may be cancelled within 30 days of purchase. Refunds will be based on CME credits earned.

You will continue to have access to your transcript in the Credit Center on Airway Manager for six years.

Group purchasing is available.  We are happy to discuss special pricing. Email us at support@staging.theairwaysite.com for assistance.

We strongly recommend that you do not share your Airway Manager account information with anyone.  Airway Manager uses an adaptive learning engine that provides each user with a personalized learning experience and performance data.  If you share your account with other people, you will not get the full benefit of the product.  Additionally, the CME credits (and, where offered, MOC points) you earn are associated with your account only and cannot be transferred to others.

Yes. Our registration system and Airway Manager run on secure platforms.

AMEC shares some data about Airway Manager subscribers with:

• the Massachusetts Medical Society for the sole purpose of complying with ACCME accreditation requirements.
• Area9 for the sole purpose of activating the subscribers account on Area9’s adaptlive learning platform.  Area9 tracks activity and performance of platform users for the purpose of measuring progress and continuously improving their platform. Any reporting of results by Area9 is done on an aggregate basis with no individual user identified.
• NEJM Knowledge+ (a division of the Massachusetts Medical Society) for the purpose of measuring user progress and continuously improving their adaptive learning partnership programs. Any reporting of results by NEJM Knowledge+ is done on an aggregate basis with no individual user identified.

No data is shared with any third party for purposes other than those stated above.  No data is ever sold to a third party.

You can find complete information at the ABIM website: https://www.abim.org/maintenance-of-certification/default.aspx

The mobile version of Airway Manager™ uses a Progressive Web App (PWA) that works independently from the Apple Store or Google Play. Progressive Web Apps are web-based applications that replicate a mobile app. You must have a paid subscription for Airway Manager: Emergency to use the PWA.

See How Do I Use Airway Manager on my Mobile Device?

If you used our traditional app to access Airway Manager in the past, please delete it from your device, as it will no longer function.

Airway Manager is available as a PWA (Progressive Web App). Progressive Web Apps are web-based applications that replicate a mobile app. You must have a paid subscription for Airway Manager: Emergency to use the PWA.

There are two ways to install the Airway Manager PWA on your mobile device:

Option 1

1. Once you have completed your purchase, you can access your account page on a desktop/laptop. You will see a QR code displayed below the Start Learning button.
2. Hold the camera on your mobile device up to get the QR code in view. A pop-up will appear to open the website on your device.
3. Click this, and you will automatically be logged into the mobile version of your Airway Manager account.
4. You can either start learning from the Dashboard, or save an icon to your home screen for quicker access.

Option 2

1. Visit www.theairwaysite.com.
2. Open the Main Menu in the upper right and select Site Login.  (or, visit bit.ly/Mobile-AM to go directly to the login page.)
3. Enter your account email and password to access your theairwaysite account.
4. Select Start Learning to access Airway Manager mobile.
5. You can either start learning from the Dashboard, or save an icon to your homescreen.

How to Add Icon to Your Homescreen

iOS Devices

1. From the Airway Manager Dashboard screen, click on the box with the up arrow along the bottom of the screen.
2. Scroll through the options and select Add to Homescreen.
3. This will create a shortcut icon on your home screen and will exit the app.
4. Tap the icon on your homescreen. You can then log in and save your credentials for future use. You will not be prompted for either again.

Android Devices

1. On your Android device, open Google Chrome.
2. Access your Airway Manager Dashboard via your theairwaysite.com account.
3. Tap Add to home screen.
4. Follow the onscreen instructions to install.

Airway Manager is now accessible via a Progressive Web App (PWA).  Apple Store and Google Play Apps are no longer required to access Airway Manager and will no longer work.  Please delete this app and follow the instructions in How do I use Airway Manager on my Mobile device? to access Airway Manager on your mobile device and install our Progressive Web App.

To access Airway Manager™ on your desktop, sign in through your dashboard.  The desktop version is delivered through a browser window using HTML5.  Adobe Reader is required.

Windows

• Google Chrome 60+, Safari 9.0+, Internet Explorer 11.0+, Mozilla Firefox 50.0+, Microsoft Edge 14+
  Recommended: Google Chrome 65+, Safari 10+, Internet Explorer 11, or Firefox 59+
  Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit), Windows 8+. Windows 7+ is recommended
• Minimum 1 GB of RAM but 2 GB or greater is recommended
• 2.33 GHz or faster x86-compatible processor, or Intel® Atom™ 1.6 GHz or faster processor for netbooks
• Display resolution: 1024 × 768 or better

Mac OS

• Google Chrome 60+, Safari 9.0+, Mozilla Firefox 50.0+
  Recommended: Google Chrome 65+, Safari 9+, or Firefox 59+
  Mac OS X v10.9+
• Minimum 1 GB of RAM but 2 GB or greater is recommended
• Intel Core™ Duo 1.33GHz or faster processor
• Display resolution: 1024 × 768 or better

Mobile/Tablet

• iOS devices running OS 9+ (includes iPhone and iPad devices) are recommended.
• Android version 5+ (includes smartphones and tablets). Android version 6+ is recommended.

Make sure you are using the correct Login ID and Password, which you set up for your account on theairwaysite.com. All access to Airway Manager is through this account.

If you contine to have a technical issue connecting to your Airway Manager Dashboard, please contact Airway Manager Customer Support at airwaymanager@staging.theairwaysite.com.

Airway Manager uses multiple question formats, including: multiple-choice, case-based, multiple answer, matching, fill-in-the-blank, and categorization.

General learning objective information is available on the Airway Manager: Emergency Activity Overview Tab.

From your Airway Manager Dashboard select Credits Center from the main menu, then select Activity Overview from the top menu.

All necessary citations can be found in the associated material.

All authors are members of the faculty of The Difficult Airway Course™.  Authors of individual modules will vary. To see a full list of Airway Manager authors, please visit our Faculty Page.

All disclosure information is available on the Airway Manager: Emergency Disclosures Tab.

Subscriptions will be renewable once the subscription period is within 30 days of expiration, at which time you can click the Renew button to extend your subscription for one year. You will also get a reminder email when you are eligible for renewal.

You can search for and find your ABIM number at the ABIM website. http://www.abim.org/online/findcand.aspx.

From the menu on the top left hand corner of Airway Manager, select Sign Out from the drop down menu; this will return you to your Account page on theairwaysite.com.

You will remain logged into your account. Access to Airway Manager will remain accessible from the Start Learning button without need for your password. You can also click on the tab for www.theairwaysite.com that will remain open while in Airway Manager.

Airway Manager is now on a new platform, which provides a more robust user interface. The most significant change users will see is the new Airway Manager Dashboard, which features simple, intuitive navigation.

You will continue to access Airway Manager as you always have, by logging in to your account on theairwaysite.com and clicking the Start Learning button.

All existing subscribers were migrated with their accumulated credits and progress in each module. Learning Objectives, Learning Resources and Questions are consistent across both platforms and the adaptive learning process works the same way.

Existing subscribers who used the Apple or Google Play app to access Airway Manager: Emergency on their mobile device will need to delete this app.  Airway Manager now uses Progressive Web App technology, please refer to How do I use Airway Manager on my Mobile device? for instructions on how to install our PWA homescreen icon.

Refresh is a key component of the Adaptive Learning platform that Airway Manager is built on. Once you complete a module, it moves from To Do to Refresh on the Dashboard.

Module cards on Refresh indicate content you have learned, and need to keep up-to-date on.

Refresh allows you to review the content you have completed to maintain your level of proficinecy by refreshing on key concepts. In order to increase the level of automaticity and fluency in the material, you will need to answer quickly, confidently and correctly.

Remember: You cannot actually finish Refresh, only continuously improve on your current knowledge.

Future is an organizational tool within Airway Manager, used to designate items that you choose to learn later. These are modules that you do not plan to start working on, but are in the To Do section on the Dashboard.

To move an item, simply click on the 3-dot menu on the module card and select Postpone. The module will automatically be moved to the Future section of the Dashboard and will remain there until you click on it to start learning.

Overall Performance presents the high level variables calculated in the adaptive learning process.

Performance shows you the Knowledge, Grit and Meta Learning points you have accumulated in the adaptive process, and Credits Center shows you the total CME credits you have earned.

In the upper right corner next to your login initials, you will see your overall completion percentage.

These components are all part of the adaptive learning platform that Airway Manager is built on.  These components are tied to the “I Know It”, “Think I Know It”, “Not Sure” and “No Idea” buttons used to submit your answer on each question.

Knowledge is what you know and understand. You score Knowledge points every time you prove that you have learned something. The score is an accumulation of all the knowledge points you have scored in the past. You will get negative points when you get something wrong, but indicated you thought you knew it. There is no upper limit, as when you move to Refresh, you will get points for showing that you are still competent.

Grit is the ability to keep going, despite difficulties. You score Grit points by being persistent, speeding time and working on your weaknesses. The score is an accumulation of all the Grit points you have scored in the past. There is no upper limit, as you get points for moving to Refresh. You cannot get negative Grit points!

Meta Learning is about reflecting on your learning, what you do and do not know. Your Meta Learning score is a measure of your ability to know that you don’t know. If you think that you know something, but you really don’t, you get negative points. If you answer something correctly – and you were aware you knew – you get positive points. You want to keep this score in the positive.

Practice Set is another way to review content in Airway Manager. It provides the means to set up your own custom quizzes, either within a single module or across several modules. You have the option to see Missed Questions (questions you previously answered incorrectly) and Unseen Questions (questions that were not presented to you during the module).

To create a Practice Set:

1. Click on the Practice Set card.
2. Select +Add Practice Set.
3. From here you can click on the modules you want questions from, and filter to get both Unseen and/or Missed Questions.
4. Create a name for your Practice Set (quiz) and save it.
5. Your new Practice Set will appear on the To Do menu on your Airway Manager Dashboard.
6. When the Practice Set is completed, it will move to Refresh under Practice Set.

You will earn credits for any questions answered correctly in the Practice Set that you had not yet earned credits on.

In the upper right corner of your Airway Manager Dashboard, next to your login initials, you will see your overall completion percentage.

Responses are indicated as follows after submitting your answer:

• Green Text indicates a Correct Answer.
• Green Text with a Checkmark (where multiple responses exist) indicates a Correct Answer you selected.
• Red Text indicates an Incorrect Answer.
• Red Text with an X (where multiple responses exist) indicates an Incorrect Answer that you selected.

First time users will be presented with the Self-Assessment bar during the initial Airway Manager introduction slides that all users see.  This is where you set what level of knowledge you believe you have.

Your Self-Assessment option determines the amount of Learning Resources (educational information) presented to you before and after you are presented questions.

Options are:

Beginner | Advanced Beginner | Competent | Proficient | Expert

This Self-Assessment bar will always be presented as you work through each question, and can be modified as you go.  It appears on the bottom left corner of every question on your desktop/laptop. On your Mobile Device, you can access the Self-Assessment bar by clicking on the arrow next to your user initials in the top right corner of the page. This brings up the Status, where you can adjust your self-assessment.

The Library contains all the Learning Objectives and Learning Resources, organized by module, for your review of the content slides. You can search for specific content, like “LEMON” or “airway patency,” using the search bar in the upper right.

There is also an option to Present Selected. By clicking in the box(es) to the far right of the Learning Resources, then clicking Present Selected you can walk through a continuous presentation of the selected resources.

We recommend the following steps if you want to review all content contained in Airway Manager, and achieve all CME credits available for each module.

For each Module:

1. Complete the Module on the To Do menu. Once completed, it will move to the Refresh column.
2. Click on the Practice Set card on the To Do menu.
3. Select the Module you just completed.
4. Create a Practice Set filtered to include all Missed Questions and Unseen Questions.
5. Complete and/or create new Practice Sets until there are no more questions available.
6. At that point, you will have earned all possible credits for that Module.
7. Repeat for all Modules, as desired.

Topic Scores provides how much of a module has been completed, how much time you have spent in that module, and the estimated time to completion.

Progress by Learning Objective provides a detailed view of questions you have answered correctly within the Learning Objectives and Resources.

Confidence and Performance calculates how aware you are of how well you knew the answer to the question. This calculation uses how you rate each question’s confidence level (I Knew It, Think I Know It, Not Sure, No Idea) provided with each answer.