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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 616.200425 EAN: 9780781747646 Edition: 2 ISBN: 0781747643 Label: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Manufacturer: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 368 Publication Date: May 01, 2004 Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Studio: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Prepared by the faculty of the National Emergency Airway Management Course, this manual is an expert, practical guide to this challenging procedure. It offers step-by-step instructions on techniques, drug administration, and prevention and management of complications and includes a complete section on difficult clinical scenarios. The book is packed with easy-to-follow algorithms and diagrams and helpful mnemonics. All chapters have been updated for this Second Edition and templated to ensure consistent organization. The authors have removed obsolete drugs and added evidence-based analyses of procedures. A new section on implementation includes stocking the airway cart, establishing protocols, training, and skill retention. This edition is also available electronically for handheld computers. See Media listing for details. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Manual of Emergency Airway ManagementI did not find this book as user friendly as I would have thought, illistrations were poor. Rating:  - Airway ManagementThis is a "classic" masterpiece for those needing to grasp the fundamentals of airway management. Both the novice and the experienced physician will gain from reading this book edited by Ron Walls, MD, Chief of Emergency Medicine at Harvard. Dr. Walls and his co-authors have been the leaders of teaching this subject matter for the last few years. This book is a distillation of their teaching this subject. Unlike many other sources, this book is right to the point and keeps it's ... Read More Rating: - Reliable and fastTime was of the essence. I ordered my text book late Friday night and recieved it Monday morning. How is that for good ol' American service? I will definately not hesitate to order again from this fine organization. Thanks for your expedience, quality, and value. Rating: - Research-based and comprehensiveThere are many good airway management books. However, Manual of Emergency Airway Management is, without a doubt, one of the finest texts written on airway management. Of particular note is the extended discussion on the use of the bag valve mask. Many texts, including textbooks, gloss over the techniques of BMV as if it was too pedestrian. Walls has not. Everything is well-researched and based not on opinion, but objectively supported by significant research with gobs of footnotes. ... Read More Rating: - excellent airway bookIt is my personal opinion that anyone involved with care of emergency medical patients (from EMT to MD) should own this book. The book is more comprehensive than a slaam class (at around 50 dollars is much less expensive), and covers everything from the decision to intubate to considerations for special populations 
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