Editorial Review:

Prepared by the faculty of the National Emergency Airway Management Course, this manual is an expert, practical guide to emergency airway management in any adult or pediatric patient. It offers step-by-step instructions on techniques, drug administration, and prevention and management of complications and includes a complete section on difficult clinical scenarios. The book is packed with easy-to-follow algorithms and diagrams and helpful mnemonics. Each of the Third Edition's chapters includes improved full-color illustrations and updated evidence-based analyses of procedures. A new section geared to the prehospital setting presents current National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians guidelines, including alternative airway devices.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

Manual of Emergency Airway Management:

I did not find this book as user friendly as I would have thought, illistrations were poor.

Airway Management:

This is a "classic" masterpiece for those needing to grasp the fundamentals of airway management. Both the novice and the experienced physician will gain from reading this book edited by Ron Walls, MD, Chief of Emergency Medicine at Harvard. Dr. Walls and his co-authors have been the leaders of teaching this subject matter for the last few years. This book is a distillation of their teaching this subject.
Unlike many other sources, this book is right to the point and keeps it's explanations clinically... more info

Reliable and fast:

Time was of the essence. I ordered my text book late Friday night and recieved it Monday morning. How is that for good ol' American service? I will definately not hesitate to order again from this fine organization. Thanks for your expedience, quality, and value.

Research-based and comprehensive:

There are many good airway management books. However, Manual of Emergency Airway Management is, without a doubt, one of the finest texts written on airway management. Of particular note is the extended discussion on the use of the bag valve mask. Many texts, including textbooks, gloss over the techniques of BMV as if it was too pedestrian. Walls has not.
Everything is well-researched and based not on opinion, but objectively supported by significant research with gobs of footnotes. The first chapter... more info

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