منابع مشابه
Emergency airway management.
Emergency airway management is associated with a high complication rate. Evaluating the patient prior to airway management is important to identify patients with increased risk of failed airways. Pre-oxygenation of critically ill patients is less effective in comparison to less sick patients. Induction agents are often required, but most induction agents are associated with hypotension during e...
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Airway skills are perhaps the most important skills that an emergency physician possesses. If the airway is lost in a critically ill patient for any reason, any of the other interventions you might make, or any great diagnoses are superfluous. It is good to remember that in the ABC’s of resuscitation, airway is first and foremost. With the exception of defibrillation in a cardiac arrest situati...
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When used correctly, laryngeal mask airway is a life saver. We report two cases wherein it was used for rescue airway management and as a ventilatory device during anesthesia. It is concluded that an anesthetist should be familiar with the use of this device.
متن کاملNon-conventional emergency airway management
Anesthesiologists often encounter unexpected situations that may result in fatal consequences if not managed promptly and prudently. Management of a difficult airway is a primary consideration for any anesthesiologist. Even in the most experienced hands, an emergency situation may arise because of either limited time or limited resources. Here we present a case report in which a difficult airwa...
متن کاملTrauma unit emergency doctor airway management.
OBJECTIVES To audit indications for and practice (in terms of training/qualification) of definitive airway management compared with current UK practices. DESIGN Consecutive observational study. SETTING Tygerberg Academic Hospital Trauma Service, Western Cape. SUBJECTS All trauma patients either arriving intubated or requiring intubation at the Trauma unit during the period 1 - 31 August 2...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0832-610X,1496-8975
DOI: 10.1007/bf03009711