Description
Management of the airway is an important and challenging aspect of many clinicians' work and is a source of complications and litigation. The new edition of this popular book remains a clear, practical and highly-illustrated guide to all necessary aspects of airway management. The book has been updated throughout, to cover all changes to best practice and clinical management and provides extensive coverage of the key skills and knowledge required to manage airways in a wide variety of patients and clinical settings. The best of the previous editions has been preserved, whilst new chapters on videolaryngoscopy, awake tracheal intubation, lung separation, airway ultrasonography, airway management in an epidemic and many more have been added. This is an essential text for anyone who manages the airway including trainees and specialists in anaesthesia, emergency medicine, intensive care medicine, prehospital medicine as well as nurses and other healthcare professionals.
A cutting edge and highly-illustrated guide to airway management for anaesthetists, intensivists, and emergency medicine physicians.
About the Author
Tim Cook is a Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at the Royal United Hospital in Bath, UK and is also Director of National Audit Projects and College Advisor on Airway at the Royal College of Anaesthetists. Michael Kristensen is a Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine and Head of Airway Anaesthesia Research and Development at Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark and is also President for European Airway Management Society (EAMS). Michael Kristensen is a Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine and Head of Airway Anaesthesia Research and Development at Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark and is also President for European Airway Management Society (EAMS).
Book Information
ISBN 9781108419536
Author Tim Cook
Format Hardback
Page Count 375
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 950g
Dimensions(mm) 252mm * 192mm * 20mm
A cutting edge and highly-illustrated guide to airway management for anaesthetists, intensivists, and emergency medicine physicians.
About the Author
Tim Cook is a Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at the Royal United Hospital in Bath, UK and is also Director of National Audit Projects and College Advisor on Airway at the Royal College of Anaesthetists. Michael Kristensen is a Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine and Head of Airway Anaesthesia Research and Development at Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark and is also President for European Airway Management Society (EAMS). Michael Kristensen is a Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine and Head of Airway Anaesthesia Research and Development at Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark and is also President for European Airway Management Society (EAMS).
Book Information
ISBN 9781108419536
Author Tim Cook
Format Hardback
Page Count 375
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 950g
Dimensions(mm) 252mm * 192mm * 20mm
