Mastering Airway Management: A Comprehensive Guide to Difficult and Failed Airways

Written by renowned expert Orlando Hung, Hung’s Management of the Difficult and Failed Airway, Fourth Edition is a cutting-edge, case-based guide to effectively managing airway difficulties in a multitude of settings.

Stay Current with the Latest Guidelines and Techniques

This updated edition reflects the latest guidelines, devices, and techniques in airway assessment and management, making it an indispensable resource for anesthesia professionals, hospitalists, intensivists, emergency medicine specialists, and paramedics.

The book provides a thorough review of the many innovations introduced since the previous edition, including the pharmacology of airway management, ensuring you understand how to achieve the desired effects on ventilation and muscle strength.

A Multidisciplinary Approach to Airway Management

Covering key areas of anesthesia, hospital medicine, intensive care, emergency medicine, and paramedicine, this comprehensive guide offers expert advice and strategies for treating patients in a range of settings, from pre-hospital care to the emergency room.

You’ll find proven techniques for special patient populations, including a new chapter on managing COVID-19 patients and content focused on the standard of care in a global crisis in critical care.

Develop Your Skills with Real-World Cases

The book’s skill-building, case-based approach highlights the right tools and techniques for successful airway management, accompanied by chapter-ending questions to reinforce learning and assess your knowledge.

Dozens of airway management vignettes cover a range of scenarios, including the intensive care unit, operating room, pediatric population, emergency room, and more.

What’s New in This Edition?

• 15 new chapters
• Coverage on managing COVID-19 patients
• Content focused on the standard of care in a global crisis in critical care

With full-color illustrations throughout, Hung’s Management of the Difficult and Failed Airway, Fourth Edition is an essential resource for healthcare professionals seeking to enhance their skills and stay current in the rapidly evolving field of airway management.

Published by McGraw Hill LLC, this authoritative guide is available in English, with an ISBN of 9781264278329 (print) and 9781264278336 (ebook).