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Manual of Emergency Airway Management [Paperback]

Ron M. Walls (Author, Editor), Robert C. Luten (Editor)
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Publication Date: May 16 2008 | ISBN-10: 0781784948 | ISBN-13: 978-0781784948 | Edition: 3

Prepared by the faculty of the National Emergency Airway Management Course, this manual is an expert, practical guide to emergency airway management in any adult or pediatric patient. 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.

Each of the Third Edition's chapters includes improved full-color illustrations and updated evidence-based analyses of procedures. A new section geared to the prehospital setting presents current National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians guidelines, including alternative airway devices.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Breadth and Depth in a Manageable Length. May 13 2010
By Student RT
Format:Paperback
This book was required reading for my Airway Management course (Part of a Respiratory Therapy Diploma Program) and did my teacher ever love to make up test questions right from the book.

It worked to my favor that this book is an easy read! The book walked me through airway anatomy (a good review for everyone), difficult airways, airway pharm (a good review for pharmacology), peds airways (which is good because it is often skimmed over in a general course), prehospital airway care, and even touches on ventilation. At times the fact that this book covers so many different topics makes it seem a bit broad. Does it really need to cover mechanical ventilation? Everyone knows that in an emergency you can get by with BVM until the bagger runs out of steam.

That being said, I really appreciated the detail it went into in some chapters. As a student with little clinical experience pictures (lots of pictures) of the various devices and shots of the airway is unbelievably helpful. In addition, there are many photos of cadavers which albeit a bit creepy, is a great anatomical introduction to surgical airways.

I consider this one of the most useful books in my collection and definitely the only one I have read cover to cover. I have doubly recommended it to all my classmates who are textbook adverse.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Airway Management Jan 24 2007
By Joseph E. C. Rogers - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
This 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 explanations clinically relevant. I'd classify this book as being "gold" and one for my library.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Research-based and comprehensive Oct 4 2006
By Mr. H - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
There 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. The first chapter alone, discussing the decision to intubate, is worth the price of the book itself.

While geared mostly to emergency physicians, there is significant value for the pre-hospital provider. Walls has not done any favors for the pre-hospital community by designating a single, and rather brief, chapter on pre-hospital airway management. Despite this, well over half of the chapters pertain directly to improving airway management skills for providers of all levels, from first responder to ED physician.

While and excellent text overall, the paltry sections specific to the pre-hospital provider need improvement.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars excellent airway book Oct 3 2006
By S. Mullen - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
It 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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