Section 1: Foundations of Difficult and Failed Airway Management
1.Airway Evaluation
Michael F. Murphy MD, FRCPC and D. John Doyle MD, PhD FRCPC
2.The Algorithms
Michael F. Murphy, MD FRCPC and Edward T. Crosby, MD FRCPC
3.Preparation for Awake Intubation
Ian R. Morris, BEng, MD, FRCPC, DABA, FACEP
4.The Pharmacology of Intubation
Ronald B. George, MD, Orlando Hung, MD FRCP(C) and Robert E. Schneider, MD
5.Aspiration: Risks and Prevention
Saul Pytka, MD FRCPC, Idena Carroll, CRNA MS, and Edward Crosby, MD FRCPC
Section 2: Devices and Techniques for the Difficult and Failed Airway Management
6.Airway Devices and Techniques
Michael F. Murphy, MD FRCPC and Orlando Hung, MD FRCPC
7.Direct Laryngoscopy and Oral Intubation of the Trachea
John J. Henderson
8.Flexible Fiberoptic Intubation
Ian R. Morris, BEng, MD, FRCPC, DABA, FACEP
9.Rigid and Semirigid Fiberoptic and Video Laryngoscopy and Intubation
Richard M. Cooper BSc, MSc MD FRCPC and J. Adam Law BSc, MD FRCPC
10.Blind Intubation Techniques
Chris C. Christodoulou MBChB, FRCPC and Orlando R. Hung MD, FRCPC
11.Extraglottic Devices for Ventilation and Oxygenation
Felice E. Agro, MD, D. John Doyle, MD PhD FRCPC, Orlando R. Hung, MD FRCPC, Thomas J. Coonan, MD FRCPC, Rita Cataldo, MD, Benedetta Galli, MD, and Serena Antonelli, MD
12.Surgical Airway
Gordon O. Launcelott MD, FRCPC and Liane B. Johnson MDCM, FRCSC
Section 3: Case Studies in Difficult and Failed Airway Management
A. Airways Cases in Prehospital Care
13.What is Unique About Airway Management in the Prehospital Setting?
David Petrie MD, FRCPC, John Tallon MD, FRCPC, and Michael F. Murphy MD, FRCPC
14.Airway Management of a Patient with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
J. Adam Law, MD FRCPC, Edward T. Crosby, MD FRCPC, Andy Jagoda, MD FACEP
15.Airway Management of an Unconscious Patient who Remains Trapped Inside the Vehicle Following a Motor Vehicle Accident
Tom C. Phu, MD, Orlando R. Hung, MD, FRCPC, and Ronald D. Stewart, MD
16.Airway Management of a Motorcyclist with a Full Face Helmet Following an Accident
Mark P. Vu, MD, FRCPC and Orlando R. Hung, MD, FRCPC
17. Airway Management of a Morbidly Obese Patient Suffering from a Cardiac Arrest
Saul Pytka, MD FRCPC, Idena Carroll, CRNA MS
18. Airway Management with Blunt Anterior Neck Trauma
David A. Caro, MD, Steven A. Godwin, MD
B: Airway Cases in the Emergency Department
19.Airway Management in the Emergency Department
Michael F. Murphy, MD FRCPC, Ron M. Walls, MD
20.Patient with Deadly Asthma Requires Intubation
Kerry B. Broderick, MD, Richard D. Zane, MD
21.Patient in Cardiogenic Shock
Kerry B. Broderick, MD
22.Airway Management of a Patient with Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema
Kirk J. MacQuarrie, MD FRCPC
23.Airway Management of a Patient with a Stab Wound to the Neck
Michael F. Murphy, MD FRCPC
24.Airway Management in the Patient with Burns to the Head, Neck, Upper Torso and the Airway
Robert J. Vissers, MD FRCPC FACEP
25.Airway Management in a Patient with Angioedema
Michael F. Murphy, MD FRCPC, Neilson J. McLean, MD
26.Airway Management for Blunt Facial Trauma
David A. Caro, MD, Aaron E. Bair, MD
27.Airway Management in a Patient with Retropharyngeal Abscess
Kirk J. MacQuarrie MD, FRCPC, David Kirkpatrick MD, FRCSC
C: Airway Cases in the Critical Care Unit
28.Airway Management in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
Stephen Beed MD, FRCPC DipABA Cert CCM
29.Management of Extubation of a Patient Following a Prolonged Period of Mechanical Ventilation
Richard M. Cooper BSc, MSc, MD FRCPC
30.Management of an Accidental Extubation in a Patient in a Halo Jacket
Michael Frass, MD, Michael F. Murphy, MD FRCPC
31.Management of a SARS Patient Admitted to the ICU with Impending Respiratory Failure and a Clinical Suspicion of Difficult Airway
David T. Wong, MD
32.Performing an Elective Percutaneous Dilational Tracheotomy in a Patient on Mechanical Ventilation
Angelina Guzzo, MDCM, PhD, Liane B. Johnson MDCM, FRCSC, Orlando R. Hung, MD, FRCPC
D: Airway Cases: Surgical Patients in the Operating Room
33.Uncooperative Down Syndrome Patient
Michael F. Murphy MD, FRCPC
34.Airway Management in the Operating Room of a Patient with a History of Oral and Cervical Radiation Therapy
Ian R. Morris, BEng, MD, FRCPC, FACEP
35.Intra-Operative Accidental Dislodgement of the Endotracheal Tube in a Patient in Prone Position
Dennis Drapeau, BSc MD FRCPC, Orlando Hung, MD FRCPC
36.Airway Management of Patients with a History of Difficult Intubation for a Peripheral Procedure
Lorraine J. Foley, MD
37.Airway Management of a Patient with an Unanticipated Difficult Laryngoscopy
John J. Henderson MB, ChB, FRCA
38.Airway Management of a Patient with Superior Vena Cava Obstruction Syndrome
Gordon O. Launcelott, MD FRCPC
39.Airway Management of a Patient with History of Difficult Airway who Refuses to have Awake Tracheal Intubation
Steven Abramson, MD, Kyle Friedman, MD, Carin Hagberg, MD
40.Airway Management in the Operating Room of a Morbidly Obese Patient in a Can't intubate, Can't Ventilate Situation
David T. Wong, MD FRCPC
E: Pediatric Airway Cases
41.Unique Airway Issues in the Pediatric Population
Robert C. Luten, MD, Niranjan Tex Kissoon, MD FRCPC FAAP FCCM FACPE, Stephen A. Godwin MD, Michael F. Murphy, MD FRCPC
42.Airway Management of a Child with Epiglottitis
Christian M. Soder, MD FRCPC
43.Management of 12 year-old Child with a Foreign Body in the Bronchus
Liane B. Johnson, MDCM FRCSC
44.Airway Management of a Newborn with a Tracheoesophageal Fistula (TEF)
Babu V. Koka, MD, Sabeena K. Chacko, MD
45.Airway Management in a One Year-Old with Pierre Robin Syndrome for Myringotomy and Tubes
Christian M. Soder, MD FRCPC
46.Airway Management of a Six Year Old with a History of Difficult Airway for Bilateral Inguinal Hernia Repair
David C. Abramson, MBChB FFA (SA)
47.Pediatric Patient with a Closed Head Injury
Robert C. Luten, MD, Niranjan Tex Kissoon, MD FRCPC FAAP FCCM FACPE, Michael F. Murphy, MD FRCPC
F: Obstetrical Airway Cases
48.What is Unique about the Obstetrical Airway?
Brian K. Ross PhD, MD
49.Airway Management of the Obstetrical Patient with an Anticipated Difficult Airway
Brian K. Ross, PhD, MD
50.Unanticipated Difficult Airway in an Obstetrical Patient Requiring an Emergency Cesarean Section
Adeyemi J. Olufolabi, MB BS DCH FRCA, Holly A. Muir, MD FRCPC
51.Airway Management in the Pregnant Trauma Victim
Adeyemi J. Olufolabi, MB BS DCH FRCA, Holly A. Muir, MD FRCPC
G: Airway Cases in Other Hospital Settings
52.Unique Challenges of Ectopic Airway Management
Michael F. Murphy, MD FRCPC
53.Management of the Patient with a Neck Hematoma
J. Adam Law, MD FRCPC
54.Respiratory Arrest in the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Suite
D. John Doyle, MD, PhD, FRCPC
55.Postobstructive Pulmonary Edema (POPE)
Matthew G. Simms, MSc MD, J. Adam Law, MD FRCPC
Section 4: Practical Considerations in Difficult and Failed Airway Management
56.Difficult Airway Carts
Saul Pytka, MD FRCPC, Michael F. Murphy, MD FRCPC
57.Documentation of Difficult Airway
Lorraine J. Foley, MD
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