The Founding and Future of the National Emergency Airway Registry for Pediatric Emergency Medicine (NEAR4PEM)

This Special Feature article accompanies the manuscript "Site-Level Variation in Tracheal Intubation in the Pediatric Emergency Department: A Report from the National Emergency Airway Registry for Pediatric Emergency Medicine (NEAR4PEM)" and provides background on the formation, structure, and future directions of the NEAR4PEM collaborative. Established in 2021 as a subgroup of the National Emergency Airway Registry for Children (NEAR4KIDS), NEAR4PEM is a rapidly growing multicenter registry and collaborative focused on advancing the science and practice of airway management in pediatric emergency settings. Participating sites prospectively collect data on pediatric tracheal intubations to characterize practice variability, support quality improvement initiatives, and inform educational efforts in airway management. Since its inception, NEAR4PEM has expanded to include 20 sites across 3 countries, with many additional sites currently onboarding. This Special Feature outlines NEAR4PEM's mission, describes its integrated research, quality, and education initiatives, and highlights the collaborative's vision to expand its reach to a broader spectrum of emergency care settings, ensuring safe, evidence-based airway management for all children, regardless of where they receive care.