Main description:

Intubating critically ill patients is a process that requires a well-thought-out, step-by-step plan, specific to each patient. This book teaches the steps necessary to predict, prepare, perform, and provide pre and post-intubation care. The focus of the book is not on how to intubate, but rather all the steps leading up to and after the tube goes in. From the EMS stretcher to the ICU bed, this book has easily accessible, practical information for these tenuous patients, and answers the who, what, where, when and how of airway management. Included are specific chapters on special patient populations outlining the process of intubating patients with neurologic injury, cardiovascular compromise, sepsis, trauma and those with obesity Intubating the Critically Ill Patient: A Step-by-Step Guide for Success in the ED and ICU is an essential resource for physicians, medical students, and allied health professionals in emergency medicine and intensive care settings.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Who Needs Intubation?

Georgia J. McRoy, MD

Chapter 2: When to Pull the Trigger?

Zachary Kendrick, MD

Chapter 3: Preparing Yourself for Intubation

Denise Rios, ACNP

Chapter 4: Preparing the Patient

Danielle Stevens, MD

Chapter 5: Preparing Your Team

Adriana Povlow, MD

Chapter 6: The RSI Potpourri

Amanda L. Fowler, PharmD, BCPS

Chapter 7: Should you RSI?

Jessica Solis-McCarthy, MD

Chapter 8: Now the Tube Is In: Post-Intubation Sedation

Colleen Barthol, PharmD

Chapter 9: The Cardiac Patient

Jordon B. Bonomo, MD, FCCM, FNCS

Chapter 10: The Obese Patient

Brad Dengler, MD

Chapter 11: Intubating the Neurologically Injured Patient

Shaheryar Hafeez, MD

Chapter 12: Intubating the Septic Patient: Avoiding the Crash and Burn

Rahul K. Shah, MD