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Emergency Medicine Manual, 6e
| Section 1. Resuscitative Problems and Techniques > |
Chapter 1. Advanced Airway Support
Topics Discussed: airway maintenance; cricothyrotomy; intubation, nasotracheal; orotracheal intubation; rapid sequence induction.
Excerpt:
"Control of the airway is the single most important task for emergency
resuscitation. Indications for the airway management techniques
described in this chapter include oxygenation, ventilation, protection
of the airway, facilitation of therapy, and anticipation of a clinical
course that requires preventative management (eg, burn victims).For further reading in Emergency
Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 6th ed., see Chapter 18, "Noninvasive Airway Management," by A. Michael
Roman; Chapter 19, "Tracheal Intubation and Mechanical
Ventilation," by Daniel F. Danzl and Robert J. Vissers;
and Chapter 20, "Surgical Airway Management," by
David R. Gens...."
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