Manual of Emergency Airway Management

by Walls, Ron; Murphy, Michael

• ISBN13: 9781451144918
• ISBN10: 1451144911
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-04-10
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

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 sections Expanded discussion of videolaryngoscopes, including newer, low-cost alternatives More illustrations, with expanded "how to" descriptions Revised and updated airway algorithms

Table of Contents

Preface	p. v
Acknowledgments	p. vii
Principles of Airway Management
The Decision to Intubate	p. 1
Identification of the Difficult and Failed Airway	p. 8
The Emergency Airway Algorithms	p. 22
Applied Functional Anatomy of the Airway	p. 35
Oxygen Delivery
Supplemental Oxygen	p. 45
Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation	p. 53
Mechanical Ventilation	p. 59
Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Monitoring	p. 68
Basic Airway Management
Bag-Mask Ventilation	p. 79
Laryngeal Mask Airways	p. 92
Extraglottic Devices	p. 110
Tracheal Intubation
Direct Laryngoscopy	p. 120
Video Laryngoscopy	p. 139
Optical and Light-Guided Devices	p. 158
Flexible Endoscopic Intubation	p. 165
Fiberoptic and Video Intubating Stylets	p. 174
Blind Intubation Techniques	p. 185
Surgical Airway Management	p. 193
Pharmacology and Techniques of Airway Management
Rapid Sequence Intubation	p. 220
Pretreatment Agents	p. 233
Sedative Induction Agents	p. 241
Neuromuscular Blocking Agents	p. 254
Anesthesia and Sedation for Awake Intubation	p. 266
Pediatric Airway Management
Differentiating Aspects of the Pediatric Airway	p. 275
Pediatric Airway Techniques	p. 293
The Difficult Pediatric Airway	p. 303
Foreign Body in the Pediatric Airway	p. 315
EMS Airway Management
Approach to the EMS Airway	p. 321
Alternative Devices for EMS Airway Management	p. 332
Difficult and Failed Airway Management in EMS	p. 340
Special Clinical Circumstances
The Trauma Patient	p. 347
Elevated Intracranial Pressure
Reactive Airways Disease	p. 367
Distorted Airways and Acute Upper Airway Obstruction	p. 377
The Patient in Shock	p. 383
The Pregnant Patient	p. 391
Prolonged Seizure Activity	p. 398
The Geriatric Patient	p. 404
The Morbidly Obese Patient	p. 410
Foreign Body in the Adult Airway	p. 418
Index	p. 425
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