RT Book, Section
A1 Kempema, James M.
A1 Brown, Carlos V.R.
A2 Moore, Ernest E.
A2 Feliciano, David V.
A2 Mattox, Kenneth L.
SR Print(0)
ID 1147414596
T1 Airway Management
T2 Trauma, 8e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071847292
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1147414596
RD 2024/04/19
AB Airway  is  the  first  priority  for  all  civilian  trauma  patients  in  the  prehospital  setting,  emergency  department,  and  throughout  their  hospitalization.  In  all  situations,  failure  to  oxygenate  and/or  ventilate  due  to  an  inadequate  airway  will  lead  to  death  within  minutes.  The  airway  in  a  trauma  patient  may  be  adequately  managed  with  noninvasive  maneuvers  or  a  definitive  airway,  most  commonly  orotracheal  intubation.  Clinicians  charged  with  caring  for  trauma  patients  must  be  able  to  quickly  recognize  a  trauma  patient  in  need  of  an  airway  intervention  as  well  as  develop  and  sustain  the  skills  necessary  required  to  perform  the  vast  array  of  life-saving  maneuvers  designed  to  establish  and  maintain  a  patent  airway  in  trauma  patients.  The  following  monograph  will  present  a  detailed  discussion  regarding  the  assessment  and  management  of  the  airway  for  trauma  patients  in  the  prehospital  setting  and  emergency  department.