Emergency airway management / edited by Jonathan Benger, Jerry Nolan, and Mike Clancy. - xiii, 175 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction and overview / Mike Clancy, Jerry Nolan, and Jonathan Benger -- Delivery of oxygen / Carl Gwinnutt -- Airway assessment / Dominic Williamson and Jerry Nolan -- Basic airway management techniques / Stephen Bush and David Ray -- Indications for intubation / Tim Parke, Dermot McKeown, and Colin Graham -- Preparation for rapid sequence induction / Nikki Maran, Neil Nichol, and Simon Leigh-Smith -- Rapid sequence induction and tracheal intubation / Neil Nichol, Nikki Maran, and Simon Leigh-Smith -- Pharmacology of emergency airway drugs / Neil Nichol, Nikki Maran, and Jonathan Benger -- Difficult and failed airway / Dermot McKeown, Tim Parke, and David Lockey -- Post intubation management and preparation for transfer / Paul Younge, David Lockey, and Alasdair Gray -- Emergency airway management in special circumstances / Patricia Weir ... [et al.] -- Non-invasive ventilatory support / Alasdair Gray, Jerry Nolan, and Carl Gwinnutt -- The interface between departments and hospitals / Jerry Nolan, Mike Clancy, and Jonathan Benger -- Audit and skills maintenance / Colin Graham.

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Respiratory emergencies
Respiratory intensive care
Airway (Medicine)
Emergencies.
Airway Obstruction--therapy
Intubation, Intratracheal--methods

RC735.R48 / E48 2009

616.200428