Introduction:
The SLAM Concept
Chapter 1 SLAM Universal Emergency Airway Flowchart 1
Chapter 2 Airway Anatomy and Assessment 19
Chapter
3 Oxygenation and Ventilation in Adults 37
Chapter 4 Direct Laryngoscopy and
Tracheal Intubation 77
Chapter 5 Confirmation of Tracheal Intubation and Monitoring
of Lung Ventilation 111
Chapter 6 Pharmacology
of Airway Management 127
Chapter 7 Rapid Sequence Induction and Intubation
in Adults 137
Chapter 8 Rescue Ventilation 147
Chapter 9 Advanced Techniques for Difficult Intubation 173
Chapter
10 Fiberscopic and Video-Assisted Intubation 189
Chapter 11 Lightwand Intubation
205
Chapter 12 Cricothyrotomy 213
Chapter
13 The Traumatized Airway 237
Chapter 14 The Cervical-Spine-Injured Patient
247
Chapter 15 Burns and Inhalation Injuries 259
Chapter 16 The Pediatric Airway 267
