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Walls Emergency Airway Management 5th Ed

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Decks in this class (21)

Ch 1: The Decision to Intubate
4 indications to intubate,
Patency protection,
Airway in anticipation
5  cards
Ch 2: Identification of the Difficult and Failed Airway
Cico,
What is a failed aireway,
Forced to act scenario
8  cards
Ch 3: Emergency Airway Algorithms
The 4 airway algorithms,
Is this a crash airway,
Is this a difficult airway
4  cards
Ch. 4: Applied Functional Anatomy of the Airway
Nasal passage,
Mouth,
Larynx
3  cards
Ch. 5: Oxygen Delivery and Mechanical Ventilation
Safe apnea time,
Preoxygenation,
Oxygen delivery methods
8  cards
Ch 6: Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation
Nppv vs ventilators,
Modes of nppv,
Indications for nppv
5  cards
Ch. 7: Mechanical Ventilation
Ventilator terminology,
Triggerlimitcycle,
Ventilator modes
6  cards
Ch. 8: Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Monitoring
Pulse oximetry,
End tidal co2 monitoring,
Colorimetric co2 detectors
8  cards
Ch. 9: Bag-Mask Ventilation
Open the airway,
Oral and nasal pharyngeal airway,
Positioning and holding the mask
6  cards
Ch. 10: Supraglottic Extraglottic Devices
Terminology,
Sgd indications,
The devices
5  cards
Ch. 11: Retroglottic EGDs
Advantages and features,
Combitubeesophageal tracheal comb...,
Rusch easytube
3  cards
Ch. 12: Managing Patient with Extraglottic Device in Place
Initial assessment,
When to exchange with an ett,
How to exchange
3  cards
Ch. 13: Direct Laryngoscopy
The basics,
Anatomy,
Preparation
14  cards
Ch. 14: Video Laryngoscopy
Types of video laryngoscopes,
Technique,
Glidescope
8  cards
Ch. 16: Flexible Endoscopic Intubation
Contraindications,
Fei procedure
2  cards
Ch. 18: Blind Intubation Techniques
Blind intubation,
Blind nasotracheal intubation
2  cards
Ch. 19: Surgical Airway Management
Surgical airway methods,
Anatomy,
The no drop technique
6  cards
Ch 20: Rapid Sequence Intubation
What is rapid sequence intubation,
4 steps before rsi,
Indications and contraindications...
16  cards
Ch. 21: Sedative Induction Agents
Basics of induction,
Etomidate,
Ketamine
6  cards
Ch. 22: Neuromuscular Blocking Agents
Nmba physiology,
Succinylcholine,
Succinylcholine contraindications
12  cards
Ch. 40 The morbidly Obese Patient
Intubation technique,
Rsi drug dosing
4  cards

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