Quickly recognizing respiratory distress and managing the airway is critical in emergencies. Airway management includes more than intubation—skills like opening the airway, using oral and nasal airways, and bag-valve-mask ventilation are often essential. Effective teamwork and communication are crucial.
This book provides practical, experience-based guidance on airway management, breaking down each skill into basic steps and explaining their rationale. Illustrations, photos, and online videos enhance understanding. The content is especially valuable for providers who may encounter airway emergencies infrequently.
Note: this book emphasizes basic airway management. For more detailed discussion of intubation, physiology and pharmacology related to airway management, and advanced techniques see Anyone Can Intubate: A Step-by-Step Guide to Intubation and Airway Management, 5th Ed.
Why Is Basic Airway Management The Best Training Book?
- Written by Dr. Whitten, an expert anesthesiologist and educator with over 40 years of experience.
- It’s practical. This textbook breaks down each skill into basic steps, describing exactly what the learner will experience in real life.
- It’s comprehensively illustrated with drawings, photos, and on-line videoclips of actual patients and animations.
- The content is designed to teach basic airway management and assisting intubation to nurses, paramedics, respiratory therapists, nurse anesthetists, and residents.
This book teaches:
- basic airway anatomy
- how to open the airway
- basic equipment and how to use it
- how to manually ventilate a patient with bag-valve-mask
- how to assist intubation
- use of the Laryngeal Mask Airway
- how to assess respiratory status, including recognizing airway obstruction
- complications