Manual of Emergency Airway Management

by Walls, Ron M.; Luten, Robert C.; Murphy, Michael F.; Schneider, Robert E.

• ISBN13: 9780781747646
• ISBN10: 0781747643
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-05-03
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

Prepared by the faculty of the National Emergency Airway Management Course, this manual is an expert, practical guide to this challenging procedure. It offers step-by-step instructions on techniques, drug administration, and prevention and management of complications and includes a complete section on difficult clinical scenarios. The book is packed with easy-to-follow algorithms and diagrams and helpful mnemonics. All chapters have been updated for this Second Edition and templated to ensure consistent organization. The authors have removed obsolete drugs and added evidence-based analyses of procedures. A new section on implementation includes stocking the airway cart, establishing protocols, training, and skill retention. This edition is also available electronically for handheld computers. See Media listing for details.

Table of Contents

Contributing Authors	xi
Preface	xiii
Acknowledgments	xv
Section 1. Approach to the Airway
1. The Decision to Intubate	1	(7)
Ron M. Walls
2. The Emergency Airway Algorithms	8	(14)
Ron M. Walls
3. Rapid Sequence Intubation	22	(11)
Ron M. Walls
4. Applied Functional Anatomy of the Airway	33	(10)
Michael F. Murphy
Section 2. Airway Management Techniques
5. Bag/Mask Ventilation and Endotracheal Intubation	43	(27)
Robert E. Schneider and Michael F. Murphy
6. Identification of the Difficult and Failed Airway	70	(12)
Michael F. Murphy and Ron M. Walls
7. Sedation and Anesthesia for Awake Intubation	82	(8)
Michael F. Murphy
8. Blind Intubation Techniques	90	(7)
Steven A. Godwin
9. Laryngeal Mask Airways	97	(13)
Michael F. Murphy
10. Supraglottic Devices	110	(10)
Michael F. Murphy and Robert E. Schneider
11. Lighted Stylet Intubation	120	(7)
Michael F. Murphy and Orlando R. Hung
12. Flexible Fiberoptic Intubation	127	(8)
Michael F. Murphy
13. Rigid and Semirigid Fiberoptic Intubation	135	(16)
Michael F. Murphy and J. Adam Law
14. Video Laryngoscopy	151	(7)
John C. Sakles
15. Surgical Airway Techniques	158	(25)
Robert J. Vissers and Aaron E. Bair
Section 3. The Pharmacology of Airway Management
16. Pretreatment Agents	183	(6)
Robert E. Schneider and David A. Caro
17. Sedative and Induction Agents	189	(11)
Robert E. Schneider and David A. Caro
18. Neuromuscular Blocking Agents	200	(12)
Robert E. Schneider and David A. Caro
Section 4. Pediatric Airway Management
19. Approach to the Pediatric Airway	212	(16)
Robert C. Luten and Niranjan Kissoon
20. Pediatric Airway Techniques	228	(8)
Robert C. Luten and Stephen A. Godwin
21. The Difficult Pediatric Airway	236	(9)
Robert C. Luten and Niranjan Kissoon
Section 5. Special Clinical Circumstances
22. RSI Using Nondepolarizing Agents	245	(6)
John C. Sakles and Ron M. Walls
23. Trauma	251	(11)
Michael A. Gibbs
24. Increased Intracranial Pressure	262	(8)
Andy S. Jagoda and John J. Bruns, Jr.
25. Reactive Airways Disease	270	(7)
Kerryann B. Broderick and Andy S. Jagoda
26. Distorted Airways and Upper Airway Obstruction	277	(4)
Michael F. Murphy and Erik D. Barton
27. The Critically Ill Patient	281	(9)
Michael F. Murphy
28. The Pregnant Patient	290	(3)
Michael F. Murphy and Richard D. Zane
29. Prolonged Seizure Activity	293	(5)
Robert J. Vissers
30. The Geriatric Patient	298	(4)
Diane M. Birnbaumer
31. The Morbidly Obese Patient	302	(5)
Richard D. Zane
32. Foreign Body in the Adult Airway	307	(5)
Ron M. Walls
33. Airway Management in the Prehospital Setting	312	(8)
Richard D. Zane and Ron M. Walls
Section 6. Monitoring and Mechanical Ventilation
34. Mechanical Ventilation	320	(7)
Michael F. Murphy and Gregory W. Murphy
35. Noninvasive Ventilation	327	(6)
Kerryann B. Broderick
36. Pulse Oximetry	333	(4)
Michael F. Murphy
Subject Index	337