THE WALLS MANUAL OF EMERGENCY AIRWAY MANAGEMENT. 5TH EDITION

• SECTION I. Principles of Airway Management
1.The Decision to Intubate
2.Identification of the Difficult and Failed Airway
3.The Emergency Airway Algorithms
4.Applied Functional Anatomy of the Airway
• Section II. Oxygen Delivery
5.Principles of Preparatory Oxygenation
6.Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation
7.Mechanical Ventilation
8.Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Monitoring
• Section III. Basic Airway Management
9.Bag-Mask Ventilation
10.Extraglottic Devices: Supraglottic Type
11.Retroglottic Devices
• Section IV. Tracheal Intubation
12.Managing the Patient with an Extraglottic Device in Place
13.Direct Laryngoscopy
14.Video Laryngoscopy
15.Optical and Light-Guided Devices
16.Flexible Endoscopic Intubation
17.Fiberoptic and Video Intubating Stylets
18.Blind Intubation Techniques
• Section V. Pharmacology and Techniques of Airway Management
19.Surgical Airway Management
20.Rapid Sequence Intubation
21.Sedative Induction Agents
22.Neuromuscular Blocking Agents
23.Anesthesia and Sedation for Awake Intubation
• Section VI. Pediatric Airway Management
24.Differentiating Aspects of the Pediatric Airway
25.Pediatric Airway Techniques
26.The Difficult Pediatric Airway
27.Foreign Body in the Pediatric Airway
• Section Vii. EMS Airway Management
28.Introduction to EMS Airway Management
29.Techniques in EMS Airway Management
30.Difficult and Failed Airway Management in EMS
• Section VIII. Special Clinical Circumstances
31.Controversies in EMS Airway Management
32.The Unstable Patient: Cardiopulmonary Optimization for Emergency Airway Management
33.The Trauma Patient
34.Elevated ICP and HTN Emergencies
35.Reactive Airways Disease
36.Distorted Airways and Acute Upper Airway Obstruction
37.The Pregnant Patient
38.The Patient with Prolonged Seizure Activity
39.The Geriatric Patient
40.The Morbidly Obese Patient
41.Foreign Body in the Adult Airway
42.Safe Extubation of the Emergency Patient
Index

Manage airway emergencies with confidence!
The Walls Manual of Emergency Airway Management is the world’s most trusted reference on emergency airway management, and is the foundation text in the nationally recognized The Difficult Airway Course: Emergency™, The Difficult Airway Course: Critical Care™, and The Difficult Airway Course: EMS™. Its practical, hands-on approach provides all the concrete guidance you need to effectively respond to any airway emergency, whether in the emergency department, ICU, urgent care setting, pre-hospital environment, or anywhere else airway emergencies may occur.
• Apply the latest evidence-based approaches to all aspects of airway management.New chapters include Managing Retroglottic Devices, Controversies in EMS Airway Management, The Unstable Patient: Optimization for Emergency Airway Management, and Safe Extubation of the At-Risk Emergency Patient. Discover expanded coverage of preoxygenation techniques and comprehensive updates throughout.
• Efficiently overcome any challenge in airway management with the aid of step-by-step instructions, mnemonics, easy-to-follow algorithms, and rich illustrations.
• Glean expert insights from a brand-new editorial team led by Calvin Brown III, MD, who is Dr. Walls’ colleague and protégé, and many of the same airway experts who teach The Difficult Airway Course™.

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Authors
• Nathan W Mick MD. Associate Professor. Tufts University School of Medicine. Associate Chief. Department of Emergency Medicine. Maine Medical Center. Portland, Maine
• Calvin A Brown MD. Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine. Director of Faculty Affairs. Brigham and Women's Hospital. Harvard Medical School. Boston, Massachusetts
• John C Sakles. Professor Department of Emergency Medicine. University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson, Arizona