Airway Management in Emergencies

Name: Airway Management in Emergencies
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ISBN: 9780071470056

ISBN-10: 0071470050

ISBN-13: 9780071470056

Edition: 2008

Authors: George Kovacs, J. Adam Law, Kovacs

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Learn the clinical skills necessary to treat any emergency airway problem Written by international experts in a style that's concise, practical and to the point, Airway Management in Emergencies covers all the options-both medical and surgical-for managing any patient's airway in an emergency. Here, you'll find the core knowledge and accompanying management protocols necessary to assess, oxygenate, intubate, and monitor patients requiring emergency airway management. In each chapter, this high-yield coverage is supported by evidence-based algorithms, synoptic tips, and real-world case studies that show you how to resolve any difficult airway scenario you would likely encounter in clinical…

Book details

List price: $116.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical Publishing Division
Publication date: 10/30/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 7.40" wide x 9.30" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Editors and Lead Authors/Contributing Authors


Illustrations/Photography


Foreword


Preface


Acknowledgments



Introduction



Definitive Airway Management: When Is It Time?



Airway Physiology and Anatomy



Oxygen Delivery Devices and Bag-Mask Ventilation



Tracheal Intubation by Direct Laryngoscopy



Alternative Intubation Techniques



Rescue Oxygenation



How to do Awake Tracheal Intubations-Oral and Nasal



Rapid Sequence Intubation-Why and How to do it



Postintubation Management



Approach to Tracheal Intubation



Response to an Encountered Difficult Airway



Airway Pharmacology



Central Nervous System Emergencies



Cardiovascular Emergencies



Respiratory Emergencies



The Critically Ill Patient



The Very Young and the Very Old Patient



Prehospital Airway Management Considerations



Human Factors in Airway Management


Index