Manual of Emergency Airway Management

Name: Manual of Emergency Airway Management
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ISBN: 9781451144918

ISBN-10: 1451144911

ISBN-13: 9781451144918

Edition: 4th 2012 (Revised)

Authors: Ron Walls, Michael Murphy

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Manual of Emergency Airway Management, now in its 4th edition, is a practical guide to emergency airway management in any adult or pediatric patient and offers step-by-step instructions on techniques, drug administration, and prevention and management of complications.The book may be used in conjunction with the Difficult Airway CourseTM, or on its own. The text has been reorganized to reflect the decision-making process of emergency care providers treating the patient in distress.Features include:Completely reorganized chapters into cohesive sectionsExpanded discussion of videolaryngoscopes, including newer, low-cost alternativesMore illustrations, with expanded “how to”…

Book details

List price: $66.00
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Publication date: 4/10/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 7.25" wide x 10.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.090
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



Principles of Airway Management



The Decision to Intubate




Identification of the Difficult and Failed Airway




The Emergency Airway Algorithms




Applied Functional Anatomy of the Airway




Oxygen Delivery



Supplemental Oxygen




Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation




Mechanical Ventilation




Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Monitoring




Basic Airway Management



Bag-Mask Ventilation




Laryngeal Mask Airways




Extraglottic Devices




Tracheal Intubation



Direct Laryngoscopy




Video Laryngoscopy




Optical and Light-Guided Devices




Flexible Endoscopic Intubation




Fiberoptic and Video Intubating Stylets




Blind Intubation Techniques




Surgical Airway Management




Pharmacology and Techniques of Airway Management



Rapid Sequence Intubation




Pretreatment Agents




Sedative Induction Agents




Neuromuscular Blocking Agents




Anesthesia and Sedation for Awake Intubation




Pediatric Airway Management



Differentiating Aspects of the Pediatric Airway




Pediatric Airway Techniques




The Difficult Pediatric Airway




Foreign Body in the Pediatric Airway




EMS Airway Management



Approach to the EMS Airway




Alternative Devices for EMS Airway Management




Difficult and Failed Airway Management in EMS




Special Clinical Circumstances



The Trauma Patient




Elevated Intracranial Pressure




Reactive Airways Disease




Distorted Airways and Acute Upper Airway Obstruction




The Patient in Shock




The Pregnant Patient




Prolonged Seizure Activity




The Geriatric Patient




The Morbidly Obese Patient




Foreign Body in the Adult Airway



Index