From the Study Group for Difficult Airway Management (DAM) to the Japanese Association of DAM : Past, Present and Future

Abstract

The 1st practice seminar on DAM was held in 2004. The Study Group for DAM was founded to organize the seminar in the same year. In April 2005, the study group was reorganized as the Japanese Association for Medical Simulation (JAMS) and became one of the subcommittees of JAMS. Seventy DAM practice seminars have been held so far. Correspondence with the airway management guideline of the Japanese Society of Anesthesiologists will be a matter of great urgency for us.