General Medical Information

Manual of Emergency Airway Management

Ron M. Walls, M.D
Michael F. Murphy, M.D.
Robert E. Schneider, M.D.

Section 1: Approach to the Airway

1. The Decision to Intubate
Ron M. Walls
2. Rapid Sequence Intubation
Ron M. Walls
3. The Emergency Airway Algorithms
Ron M. Walls
4. Confirmation of Endotracheal Tube Placement
Ron M. Walls
5. The Difficult and Failed Airway
Michael F. Murphy and Ron M. Walls

Section 2: Airway Management Techniques

6. Basic Airway Management
Robert E. Schneider
7. RSI Using Competitive (Non-depolarizing) Neuromuscular Blocking Agents
John C. Sakles and Ron M. Walls
8. Awake Intubation Techniques
Ron M. Walls and Robert C. Luten
9. Special Devices and Techniques for Managing the Difficult or Failed Airway
Michael F. Murphy
10. Fiberoptic Intubation Techniques
Michael F. Murphy
11. Surgical Airway Techniques
Ron M. Walls and Robert J. Vissers
12. Pediatric Airway Techniques
Robert C. Luten
13. The Difficult Airway in Pediatrics
Robert C. Luten

Section 3: The Pharmacology of Airway Management

14. Muscle Relaxants
Robert E. Schneider
15. Sedatives and Induction Agents
Robert E. Schneider
16. Drugs for Special Clinical Circumstances
Robert E. Schneider

Section 4: Special Clinical Circumstances

17. The Pediatric Patient
Robert C. Luten
18. The Trauma Patient
Michael A. Gibbs
19. Increased Intracranial Pressure
Ron M. Walls and Michael F. Murphy
20. Asthma and COPD
Robert E. Schneider
21. The Distorted Airway and Upper Airway Obstruction
Michael F. Murphy
22. The Critically Ill Patient
Michael F. Murphy
23. The Pregnant Patient
Michael F. Murphy
24. Prolonged Seizure Activity
Robert J. Vissers
25. The Geriatric Patient
Diane M. Birnbaumer
26. Foreign Body in the Adult Airway
Ron M. Walls
27. Airway Management in the Prehospital Setting
Ron M. Walls

Section 5: Monitoring and Mechanical Ventilation

28. Noninvasive Ventilatory Support in the Emergency Department
Charles V. Pollack, Jr.
29. Mechanical Ventilation
Michael F. Murphy and Gregory W. Murphy
30. Monitoring the Emergency Airway Patient
Michael F. Murphy

Appendix

The Difficult Airway Cart
Robert J. Vissers