Artificial Ventilation A Basic Clinical Guide

This book provides a concise, clinical guide to the basics of airway and ventilation management for non-specialists working in pre-hospital and emergency medicine. It fulfills the need for a resource that simply and clearly explains the fundamentals of respiratory physiology, the pathophysiology beh...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baker, David J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2020, 2020
Edition:2nd ed. 2020
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • A Brief History of Artificial Ventilation
  • The Structure of the Airways and Lungs
  • How the Lungs Work: Mechanics and Gas Exchange with the Blood
  • Respiratory Failure
  • The Management of Respiratory Failure: Airway Management and Manual Methods of Artificial Ventilation
  • Basic principles of mechanical ventilation
  • Portable mechanical ventilators
  • Managing ventilation during transport
  • Ventilation in the intensive care unit: the essentials for non – specialists
  • Artificial ventilation in difficult and extreme environments
  • Mass ventilation during a viral pandemic: lessons from the COVID 19 outbreak.