02424nam a22004094a 4500 ebr10210150 CaPaEBR 20260707180824.0 m u cr cn||||||||| 070416s2008 nyua sb 001 0 eng c 2007015952 101304769 DNLM 9780071470056 (alk. paper) 0071470050 (alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)648336448 RC735.R48 K68 2008eb 616.2/00425 22 115302 90355 Kovacs, George, MD. 161775 Airway management in emergencies [electronic resource] / George Kovacs and J. Adam Law. New York : McGraw-Hill Medical, c2008. xiii, 298 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. "Informal manual to accompany a one-day airway course (AIME-Airway Interventions and Management in Emergencies) for delivery to Canadian emergency physicians"--P. xiii. Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction -- Definitive airway management -- Airway physiology and anatomy -- Oxygen delivery devices and bag-mask ventilation -- Tracheal intubation by direct laryngoscopy -- Alternative intubation techniques -- Rescue oxygenation -- How to do awake tracheal intubations--oral and nasal -- Rapid sequence intubation--why and how to do it -- Postintubation management -- Approach to tracheal intubation -- Response to an encountered difficult airway -- Airway pharmacology -- Central nervous system emergencies -- Cardiovascular emergencies -- Respiratory emergencies -- The critically ill patient -- The very young and the very old patient -- Prehospital airway management considerations -- Human factors in airway management. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Respiratory emergencies. 161776 Respiratory intensive care. 95588 Airway (Medicine) 95586 Respiratory organs Obstructions. 161777 Electronic books. local 190 Law, J. Adam. 161778 ebrary, Inc. 191 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10210150 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 115302 90355