Management of the Difficult and Failed Airway, Third Edition

The complete guide to the management of the difficult and failed airway -- presented by a team of international experts

"...should be required reading for any clinician involved in airway management." --Doody's Review Service (reviewing earlier edition)

Written by the founders of The Difficult Airway Course: Anesthesia(tm) and utilizing an instructive case-based approach, this trusted guide presents all of the leading-edge principles, tools, and procedures of...
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The complete guide to the management of the difficult and failed airway -- presented by a team of international experts

"...should be required reading for any clinician involved in airway management."
--Doody's Review Service (reviewing earlier edition)

Written by the founders of The Difficult Airway Course: Anesthesia(tm) and utilizing an instructive case-based approach, this trusted guide presents all of the leading-edge principles, tools, and procedures of airway assessment and management. Multidisciplinary in scope, Management of the Difficult and Failed Airway, Third Edition encompasses the key areas of anesthesia, hospitalists, intensivists, emergency medicine, and paramedicine.

The previous edition's effective organization has been maintained, beginning with the first section's focus on the basic foundations of difficult and failed airway management. The second section reviews must-know airway devices and techniques, while the third part of the text introduces case studies that thoroughly examine the application of these techniques in complex clinical situations. A final section covers the practical considerations, such as difficult airway carts and teaching and simulation in airway management.

* Includes videos on the use of common and uncommon airway devices
* Chapter-ending questions reinforce learning