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If you're looking for a fun, fast review that boils emergency airway and respiratory management to its most essential, must-know points, your search ends here! EMS Respiratory Emergency Management Demystified is a complete yet concise overview of the basics of performing this critical procedure. This guide gives you the knowledge to help your patients as a student and as an EMT or paramedic once you start your career. You will learn how to perform an assessment of a patient's airway, manage his or her ventilation, utilize RSI, use best practices for special patient populations, and more. Studying is easy and effective with key objectives, important terms, brief overviews, tables and diagrams, and Q&As throughout the book. This fast and easy guide offers: learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter; coverage of essential airway management techniques; chapter review questions with answer explanations; and a time-saving approach to performing better on an exam or at work. Simple enough for a student, but comprehensive enough for a professional, EMS Respiratory Emergency Management Demystified is your shortcut to mastering this essential, often life-saving topic.
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Chapter 1 - Anatomy and Physiology of the Respiratory System Chapter 2 - Acid Base Balance, Blood Gas Analysis Chapter 3 - Pathophysiology of Apnea and Hypoxia Chapter 4 - Pulse Oximetry and Capnography; What's the differnece? Chapter 5 - Oxygen Delivery Devices and Bag Valve Mask Ventilation Chapter 6 - Respiratory Pharmacology Chapter 7 - Respiratory Emergencies Chapter 8 - Rapid Sequence Intubation Chapter 9 - Endotracheal Intubation Chapter 10 - Airway Devices for Difficult Airway Management, Supraglottic Airway Devices Chatper 11 - Special Clinical Considerations for the "Difficult Airway" Chapter 12 - Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Chapter 13 - Use of Pre-hospital Ventilators Key Terms Index
