Emergency airway management

There are few situations more challenging and stressful than airway compromise in acutely ill patients. This book describes the principles of emergency airway management outside the operating theatre, systematically leading the reader through the components of successful practice from the principles...

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Weitere Verfasser: Benger, Jonathan (HerausgeberIn), Nolan, Jerry (HerausgeberIn), Clancy, Mike (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2009
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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