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Airway management in emergencies

Author: George Kovacs, MD.; J Adam Law
Publisher: New York : McGraw-Hill Medical, ©2008.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Written for the Emergency Room doctor, this manual details various options - both medical and surgical - to treat emergency airway problems. It presents coverage of core topics, including anatomy and  Read more...

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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: George Kovacs, MD.; J Adam Law
ISBN: 9780071470056 0071470050
OCLC Number: 123332142
Notes: "Informal manual to accompany a one-day airway course (AIME-Airway Interventions and Management in Emergencies) for delivery to Canadian emergency physicians"--P. xiii.
Description: xiii, 298 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction --
Definitive airway management --
Airway physiology and anatomy --
Oxygen delivery devices and bag-mask ventilation --
Tracheal intubation by direct laryngoscopy --
Alternative intubation techniques --
Rescue oxygenation --
How to do awake tracheal intubations--oral and nasal --
Rapid sequence intubation--why and how to do it --
Postintubation management --
Approach to tracheal intubation --
Response to an encountered difficult airway --
Airway pharmacology --
Central nervous system emergencies --
Cardiovascular emergencies --
Respiratory emergencies --
The critically ill patient --
The very young and the very old patient --
Prehospital airway management considerations --
Human factors in airway management.
Responsibility: George Kovacs and J. Adam Law.
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