Manual of emergency airway management / editors, Ron Walls, Michael Murphy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Walls, Ron M.

Murphy, Michael F. (Michael Francis), 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Respiratory emergencies.

Respiratory intensive care.

Airway (Medicine).

Airway Obstruction--therapy.

Emergency Treatment.

Intubation, Intratracheal.

Medical Subjects:

Airway Obstruction--therapy.

Emergency Treatment.

Intubation, Intratracheal.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (463 p.)

Edition:

4th ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Heath, c2012.

Language Note:

English

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 \u201chow to\u201d descriptions Revised and updated airway algorithms.

Contents:

section 1. Principles of airway management

section II. Oxygen delivery

section III. Basic airway management

section IV. Tracheal intubation

section V. Pharmacology and techniques of airway management

section VI. Pediatric airway management

section VII. EMS airway management

section VIII. Special clinical circumstances.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781469827353

1469827352

9781469877105

1469877104

OCLC:

923522472