Manual of Emergency Airway Management

Section1: Approach to the Airway The Decision to Intubate The Emergency Airway Algorithms Rapid Sequence Intubation Applied Functional Anatomy of the Airway Supplemental Oxygenation and Bag Mask Ventilation Endotracheal Intubation section 2:The Difficult And Failed Airway Identification of the Difficult and Failed Airway Sedation and Anesthesia for Awake Intubation Blind Intubation Techniques Extraglottic Devices Lighted Stylet Intubation Flexible Fiberoptic Intubation Fiberoptic Stylets and Guides Video Laryngoscopy Optically Enhanced Laryngoscopy Surgical Airway Management Sectioin 3:Pharmacology of Airway Management Pretreatment Agents Sedative and Induction Agents Neuromuscular Blocking Agents Section 4:Pediatric Airway Management Approach to the Pediatric Airway Pediatric Airway Techniques The Difficult Airway in Pediatrics Section 5: EMS Airway Management Airway Management in the Prehospital Setting Alternative Devices for EMS Airway Management Controversies in EMS Airway Management Section 6: Special Clinical Circumstances RSI Using Nondepolarizing Agents Trauma Elevated Intracranial Pressure Reactive Airways Disease Distorted Airway or Upper Airway Obstruction The Critically Ill Patient The Pregnant Patient Prolonged Seizure Activity The Geriatric Patient The Morbidly Obese Patient Foreign Body in the Adult Airway Section 7: Mechanical Ventilation and Monitoring Mechanical Ventilation Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation Pulse Oximetry and Capnography/Capnometry Index