Contributors
Preface
Foreword
Acknowledgments
1.Introduction
George Kovacs and J.Adam Law
2.Definitive Airway Management: When Is Tracheal Intubation Needed?
George Kovacs, Sam G.Campbell, and J.Adam Law
3.Airway Physiology and Anatomy
J.Adam Law and John M.Tallon
4.Oxygen Delivery Devices and Bag-Mask Ventilation
George Kovacs and J.Adam Law
5.Tracheal Intubation by Direct Laryngoscopy
J.Adam Law and George Kovacs
6.Alternative Intubation Techniques
J.Adam Law and George Kovacs
7.Rescue Oxygenation
J.Adam Law and George Kovacs
8.How to Do Awake Tracheal Intubations--Oral and Nasal
J.Adam Law and Ian R.Morris
9.Rapid-Sequence Intubation
George Kovacs and John Ross
10.Postintubation Management
George Kovacs and Robert S.Green
11.Approach to Tracheal Intubation
George Kovacs and J.Adam Law
12.Response to an Encountered Difficult Airway
J.Adam Law and George Kovacs
13.Airway Pharmacology
Kirk MacQuarrie and Peter J.Zed
14.Airway Management in Trauma and the Traumatized Airway
Mark Vu, Erik N.Vu, John M.Tallon, James Thompson and J.Adam Law
15.Central Nervous System Emergencies and Airway Management
in the Suspected C-spine Injured Patient
J.Adam Law, Kirk MacQuarrie, and James Thompson
16.Cardiovascular Emergencies
George Kovacs and Alec H.Ritchie
17.Respiratory Emergencies
Laura Duggan and George Kovacs
18.The Critically Ill Patient
George Kovacs and Robert S.Green
19.Airway Management of the Infant
Laura Duggan, Christian M.Soder, and Narasimhan ]agannathan
20.Other Medical Conditions With Airway Management Implications
Paul Linden and Turki M.A1 Harbi
21.Prehospital Airway Management: Evidence
David Petrie, John M.Tallon, and George Kovacs
22.Prehospital Airway Management: Clinical Considerations
George Kovacs, David Petrie, Mark Vu, and Nick Balfour
23.Human Factors in Airway Management
Patrick Croskerry, J.Adam Law, and George Kovacs
Index