Manual of emergency airway management / Emergency airway management editor-in-chief, Ron M. Walls ; senior editor, Michael F. Murphy. - Third edition. - xv, 461 pages : colour illustrations ; 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Prepared by the faculty of the National Emergency Airway Management Course, this manual is an expert, practical guide to emergency airway management in any adult or pediatric patient. 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. Each of the Third Edition's chapters includes improved full-color illustrations and updated evidence-based analyses of procedures. A new section geared to the prehospital setting presents current National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians guidelines, including alternative airway devices."--Publisher description.

0781784948 9780781784948

2007050100


Respiratory emergencies--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Respiratory intensive care--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Airway (Medicine)--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Airway Obstruction--therapy
Emergency Treatment
Intubation, Intratracheal

RC735.R48 / M36 2008

616.200425