Programs

Develop the skills and judgment required for safe, effective airway management in critical settings. Our programs offer advanced, hands-on education designed to strengthen clinical decision-making in airway emergencies.

Learn, do, repeat.

For more than two decades, the Airway Interventions & Management in Emergencies (AIME) programs have equipped clinicians with practical, hands-on training in emergency airway management. Each course is designed with real-world practice in mind, offering immersive learning experiences that prepare physicians to confidently manage high-stakes airway scenarios.

AIME Advanced | Clinical Cadaver

A Hands-on, Advanced Airway Learning Experience Using Clinical Cadavers

For experienced clinicians with prior airway training (AIME, residency, or significant clinical experience). Uses cadavers donated to Dalhousie’s Human Body Donation program for unparalleled realism.

    • 5:1 learner-to-instructor & cadaver ratio

    • Core airway skills reinforced using open lung windows

    • Repetitive practice to improve first-pass success with multiple video laryngoscopes

    • Case-based simulation and provider experience sharing

    • Practice advanced techniques including flexible nasal endoscopy and cricothyrotomy

    • Optimize oxygenation and ventilation with real-time feedback

    • Reinforce best practices in video laryngoscopy

    • Refine laryngoscopy skills with rapid cycling practice

    • Apply strategies to difficult airway management in unconscious patients

    • Explore decision-making for anticipated difficult airways

    • Perform advanced airway interventions in cadaver-based simulations

    • Intro and patient preoxygenation updates

    • Workshops on Mac and Hyperangulated VL

    • Flexible nasal endoscopy practice

    • Fireside case discussions

    • Simulation-based rapid-cycle airway practice

    • Surgical airway workshop and wrap-up

AIME Awake | Clinical Cadaver

A Hands-on, Skill-Focused Advanced Airway Learning Experience Using Clinical Cadavers

Designed for experienced clinicians with prior airway management training or significant field experience. This course uses clinical cadavers donated to the Dalhousie Human Body Donation program, offering unmatched anatomical fidelity.

    • 5:1 learner-to-instructor & cadaver ratio

    • Review current guidelines on awake tracheal intubation (ATI)

    • Practice topicalization techniques for ATI

    • Repetitive practice in oral and nasal flexible endoscopic intubation

    • Video laryngoscopy–assisted ATI training

    • Case simulations and group discussions

    • Recognize indications for ATI through airway evaluation

    • Perform topical airway anesthesia for ATI

    • Gain hands-on experience with flexible endoscopy and video laryngoscopy

    • Practice awake airway assessment techniques

    • Explore real-world case conundrums and solutions

    • Build confidence in performing ATI when indicated

    • Didactic intro to ATI

    • Hands-on sessions in topicalization, oral/nasal ATI, and video laryngoscopy

    • Case simulations and scenario-based consolidation

    • Wrap-up and cognitive consolidation

AIME On-the-Road

A Hands-on, Case-Based Practical Airway Learning Experience

Physicians working in acute care settings who manage patients requiring emergency airway intervention. Instructors are practicing clinicians—not industry representatives—who understand diverse practice environments.

    • Case-based decision-making

    • Patient optimization before airway management

    • Hyperangulated and Macintosh video laryngoscopy

    • Awake and rapid sequence intubation approaches

    • Difficult airway management and rescue ventilation/oxygenation

    • Cricothyrotomy decision-making and execution

    • Canadian Airway Focused Group guideline algorithms

    • Pre-program education materials with customized videos

    • Small-group learning with 5–6:1 instructor ratios

    • Improve confidence in acute care airway decisions

    • Optimize patients before airway management

    • Apply a staged approach to airway management

    • Choose appropriate intubation methods for varied presentations

    • Use pharmacologic agents effectively in airway management

    • Employ adjuncts and tools for the difficult airway

    • Introduction & oxygenation

    • Workshops: peri-intubation oxygenation, Mac video laryngoscopy, hyperangulated VL

    • Case discussions, drugs, and contaminated airway scenarios (SALAD)

    • Nasal endoscopy, awake intubation, and cricothyrotomy

    • Simulation-based integration and wrap-up