Description
Manual of Emergency Airway Management by Ron M. Walls is a practical clinical guide to the tools, techniques and decision-making involved in managing airway emergencies. Written for medical students, paramedics, emergency medicine residents and practising physicians, the book focuses on the essential principles of airway assessment, resuscitation and lifesaving intervention in high-pressure clinical environments. Drawing on the concepts taught in the National Emergency Airway Management Course, it explains the structured, algorithm-based approach used by emergency physicians when dealing with both routine and complex airway problems. The text provides step-by-step guidance on key procedures such as bag-mask ventilation, laryngoscopy and rapid sequence intubation, along with instruction in advanced techniques including cricothyrotomy, transtracheal jet ventilation and the use of specialised airway devices.
It also discusses ventilator management and non-invasive ventilation, helping clinicians stabilise patients with respiratory failure or severe breathing difficulties. Special sections address airway management in challenging clinical situations such as status asthmaticus, elevated intracranial pressure, pulmonary oedema and cardiogenic shock, as well as guidelines for paediatric emergencies.
Clear explanations, structured algorithms and practical memory aids make this handbook a useful reference for healthcare professionals involved in emergency and critical care medicine.
