# The Difficult Airway App

> Airway App

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id433176317](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id433176317)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id433176317`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Airway Management Education Center
- **Category:** Medical
- **Rating:** 4.10 / 5 (22 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.3
- **Last updated:** 2026-01-05
- **First published:** 2011-06-07
- **Size:** 62 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-25
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-difficult-airway-app/id433176317)
- **Website:** [https://www.theairwaysite.com](https://www.theairwaysite.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.theairwaysite.com/data-collection-and-use-policy/](https://www.theairwaysite.com/data-collection-and-use-policy/)

## Description

Airway App

The Difficult Airway App (v.3.3)

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.

## Rankings

- #250,534 — Overall

## Review summary

User feedback highlights strong access to algorithms and useful videos, with overall good usability. Recurring issues include incomplete dosing (per kg and for non-rocuronium meds), limited reference content, price concerns, and worries about updates/maintenance.

### Pros

- Easy access to RSI algorithms and mnemonics
- High-quality app with instructional videos
- Dosing guidance provided to assist in chaotic RSI situations
- Generally positive impressions of app quality and usability

### Cons

- Dosing per kilogram / weight-based dosing often not visible or fully supported (e.g., rocuronium concerns; dosing for other meds like vecuronium missing)
- Content is basic and not comprehensive (lacks quick-reference charts for MOA, dose ranges per kg, and common side effects)
- Price is high / overpriced
- Update status unclear with potential infrequent maintenance or abandonment

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