Manual of emergency airway management

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Cover MANUAL OF EMERGENCY AIRWAY MANAGEMENT Preface ACKNOWLEDGMENTS CONTENTS SECTION I. Principles of Airway Management The Decision to Intubate Identification of the Difficult and Failed Airway The Emergency Airway Algorithms Applied Functional Anatomy of the Airway SECTION II. Oxygen Delivery Supplemental Oxygen Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation Mechanical Ventilation Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Monitoring SECTION III. Basic Airway Management Bag-Mask Ventilation Laryngeal Mask Airways Extraglottic Devices SECTION IV. Tracheal Intubation Direct Laryngoscopy Video Laryngoscopy Optical and Light-Guided Devices Flexible Endoscopic Intubation Fiberoptic and Video Intubating Stylets Blind Intubation Techniques Surgical Airway Management SECTION V. Pharmacology and Techniques of Airway Management Rapid Sequence Intubation Pretreatment Agents Sedative Induction Agents Neuromuscular Blocking Agents Anesthesia and Sedation for Awake Intubation SECTION VI. Pediatric Airway Management Differentiating Aspects of the Pediatric Airway Pediatric Airway Techniques The Difficult Pediatric Airway Foreign Body in the Pediatric Airway SECTION VII. EMS Airway Management Approach to the EMS Airway Alternative Devices for EMS Airway Management Difficult and Failed Airway Management in EMS SECTION VIII. Special Clinical Circumstances The Trauma Patient Elevated Intracranial Pressure Reactive Airways Disease Distorted Airways and Acute Upper Airway Obstruction The Patient in Shock The Pregnant Patient Prolonged Seizure Activity The Geriatric Patient The Morbidly Obese Patient Foreign Body in the Adult Airway INDEX