The Vortex Approach: this novel cognitive tool developed by Nicholas Chrimes & Peter Fritz, is simple enough to be used in "real time" during the stress of an airway crisis and flexible enough to be used in any context in which an airway crisis might occur. Incorporating considerations of teamwork & human factors into its design the authors describe it as a "high stakes cognitive tool". An ebook, videos and a variety of other resources related to the the Vortex Approach are available for free at vortexapproach.org