Paramedic, airway management /
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Gregg Margolis ; editor, Andrew N. Pollak
- 1st ed.
- Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2004
- xxi, 329 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Includes index
Introduction to emergency airway management and ventilation -- Clinical airway anatomy -- Physiology -- Evaluating airway patency and ventilatory efficiency -- Supplemental oxygen therapy -- Basic airway management techniques -- Positive pressure ventilation -- Techniques of positive pressure ventilation -- Endotracheal intubation -- Techniques of endotracheal intubation -- Postintubation procedures -- Nonsurgical alternatives to intubation -- Pharmacological aids in emergency intubation -- Pediatric airway management -- Surgical and pseudo-surgical airways
0763713279 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Airway Obstruction--prevention & control--United States Emergency Medical Services--standards--United States