BookRachel Garvin, editor.
Summary: Intubating critically ill patients is a process that requires a well-thought-out, step-by-step plan, specific to each patient. This book teaches the steps necessary to predict, prepare, perform, and provide pre and post-intubation care. The focus of the book is not on how to intubate, but rather all the steps leading up to and after the tube goes in. From the EMS stretcher to the ICU bed, this book has easily accessible, practical information for these tenuous patients, and answers the who, what, where, when and how of airway management. Included are specific chapters on special patient populations outlining the process of intubating patients with neurologic injury, cardiovascular compromise, sepsis, trauma and those with obesity Intubating the Critically Ill Patient: A Step-by-Step Guide for Success in the ED and ICU is an essential resource for physicians, medical students, and allied health professionals in emergency medicine and intensive care settings.
Contents:
Chapter 1: Who Needs Intubation?
Chapter 2: When to Pull the Trigger?
Chapter 3: Preparing Yourself for Intubation
Chapter 4: Preparing the Patient
Chapter 5: Preparing Your Team
Chapter 6: The RSI Potpourri
Chapter 7: Should you RSI?
Chapter 8: Now the Tube Is In: Post-Intubation Sedation
Chapter 9: The Cardiac Patient
Chapter 10: The Obese Patient
Chapter 11: Intubating the Neurologically Injured Patient
Chapter 12: Intubating the Septic Patient: Avoiding the Crash and Burn.