Description
Management of the Difficult and Failed Airway – 3rd Edition
Authors: Orlando Hung & Michael F. Murphy
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
📚 Overview:
This comprehensive third edition of Management of the Difficult and Failed Airway is the definitive resource on airway crisis management, from anticipated difficulty to failed intubation. Written by leading anesthesiologists, emergency physicians, and intensivists, it provides practical, multidisciplinary, and evidence-based guidance to improve patient safety and outcomes during high-risk airway scenarios.
✨ Key Features:
✅ Step-by-Step Crisis Management Algorithms:
Detailed flowcharts and decision-making tools for difficult mask ventilation, laryngoscopy, failed intubation, and cannot intubate/cannot oxygenate (CICO) scenarios.
✅ Multidisciplinary Approach:
Covers airway management across operating rooms, emergency departments, ICUs, and prehospital settings — integrating anesthesia, critical care, and trauma perspectives.
✅ Updated Airway Tools and Techniques:
Explores newer devices and approaches, including videolaryngoscopy, supraglottic airways, fiberoptic intubation, awake techniques, surgical airway access, and airway exchange strategies.
✅ Case-Based Learning:
Real-world scenarios and expert commentary to reinforce decision-making under pressure.
✅ Human Factors & Communication:
Emphasizes team dynamics, ergonomics, checklists, and cognitive aids to reduce errors during airway emergencies.
✅ COVID-19 & Infection Control Updates:
Includes airway protocols for aerosol-generating procedures and crisis resource management during pandemics.
💡 Key Benefits:
✔️ Boosts clinician confidence during airway emergencies
✔️ Reduces risk of failed airway outcomes
✔️ Promotes structured, algorithmic thinking
✔️ Excellent for simulation-based training and education
✔️ Increases interprofessional team performance
🎯 Ideal For:
🔸 Anesthesiologists
🔸 Emergency Medicine Physicians
🔸 Intensivists
🔸 Paramedics & Prehospital Providers
🔸 Critical Care Nurses & Respiratory Therapists
🔸 Residents and Airway Management Trainers
⭐ Recommendation:
This book is a must-have manual for high-stakes airway care. If you’re involved in managing patients where oxygenation and ventilation are ever in doubt, Management of the Difficult and Failed Airway is your trusted ally. Use it for structured training, airway algorithm updates, or quick-reference in time-critical situations.
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