Abstract: One embodiment of the invention includes a pediatric pacifier with a passage. An oropharyngeal airway may be inserted through the passage and into a patient's airway. The pacifier may be resilient and may be softer than the oropharyngeal airway. The pacifier may be removably coupled to the artificial airway. The pacifier may encircle, to varying degrees, various portions of the artificial airway. The pacifier may be sized so that no air may pass between the artificial airway and the patient's airway tissue. The pacifier and artificial airway may have numerous channels such as, for example, a first channel for conducting air and a second channel for aspirating fluids. The pacifier and/or artificial airway may come in sets that include variously sized pacifiers and/or artificial airways. The pacifier may also include a non-resilient plug that prevents the patient from fully closing its mouth and occluding its airway.