Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Foreword
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Introduction and overview
- 2 Delivery of oxygen
- 3 Airway assessment
- 4 Basic airway management techniques
- 5 Indications for intubation
- 6 Preparation for rapid sequence induction and tracheal intubation
- 7 Rapid sequence induction and tracheal intubation
- 8 Pharmacology of emergency airway drugs
- 9 Difficult and failed airway
- 10 Post-intubation management and preparation for transfer
- 11 Emergency airway management in special circumstances
- 12 Non-invasive ventilatory support
- 13 The interface between departments and hospitals
- 14 Audit and skills maintenance
- Appendix: Emergency airway algorithms
- Index
- References
4 - Basic airway management techniques
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 August 2009
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Foreword
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Introduction and overview
- 2 Delivery of oxygen
- 3 Airway assessment
- 4 Basic airway management techniques
- 5 Indications for intubation
- 6 Preparation for rapid sequence induction and tracheal intubation
- 7 Rapid sequence induction and tracheal intubation
- 8 Pharmacology of emergency airway drugs
- 9 Difficult and failed airway
- 10 Post-intubation management and preparation for transfer
- 11 Emergency airway management in special circumstances
- 12 Non-invasive ventilatory support
- 13 The interface between departments and hospitals
- 14 Audit and skills maintenance
- Appendix: Emergency airway algorithms
- Index
- References
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- Emergency Airway Management , pp. 27 - 40Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2008
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