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

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