Slam: Street Level Airway Management - Softcover

Rich, James Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1609470850 ISBN 13: 9781609470852

Publisher: Emeth Press, 2015

Synopsis

As Executive Director of both the SLAM Airway Training Institute and the SLAM Society and the founder of the SLAM emergency airway provider course, the author brings a unique perspective to this comprehensive, easy-to-read text. This book is based upon the author's highly successful course of the same name taught nationally to thousands of students since its inception in 2000. Now with the updated 2015 SLAM Rescue Airway Flowchart, this text focuses on the essentials of airway management from the fundamental aspects of airway anatomy and airway assessment through formulation of a practical plan to manage the emergency and difficult airway in all patient locations.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

As Executive Director of the Airway Education and Research Foundation and the founder of the SLAM airway course, the author brings a unique perspective to this comprehensive, easy-to-read book.  SLAM: Street Level Airway Managementis based upon the author's highly successful course of the same name taught nationally to hundreds of students since its inception in 2000. Using the SLAM Universal Emergency Airway Flowchart as the basis for the text, this book focuses on the fundamental aspects of anatomy and patient status and provides a practical approach for prehospital providers, nurses, residents and doctors working on airway management and patient ventilation skills.  The book bridges the gap between the oversimplified and the detailed with effective redundancy and concept-building that reinforces the learning of difficult topics.     Paramedics and EMS educators

About this edition

• Publisher: Emeth Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1609470850
• ISBN 13: 9781609470852
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 406