Management of the Difficult Airway

About the Software

Management of the Difficult Airway is an introductory tutorial computer program on CD-ROM with practical advice on preparation, recognition and management of the difficult airway in anesthesiology, emergency medicine and critical care. The program is organized like a book with chapters and pages and contains text, pictures, diagrams and digital video. The program runs on Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows Computers.

Management of the Difficult Airway was created by Thomas P. Engel, M.D., Richard L. Applegate, M.D., Deborah M. Chung, M.D. and Antonio F. Sanchez, M.D. with support from Cook Critical Care, A Division of Cook Incorporated.

System Requirements

486 or Pentium PC-Compatible computer with 8 MB RAM, 640 x 480 pixel display with 256 colors, CD-ROM drive, Microsoft Windows 3.1 and Apple QuickTime for Windows 2.0.

Contents

• Title
• Authors
• Legal Matters
• Acknowledegments
• System Requirements
• Help
• Contents
• Introduction
• Pathological Conditions
• Recognition of the Difficult Airway
• Airway Anatomy
• Local Anesthesia
• ASA Algorithm
• Available Options
• Difficult Airway Cart
• Retrograde Intubation Set
• Airway Exchange Catheter
• Melker Cricothyrotomy Set
• Arndt Cricothyrotomy Set
• Patil Cricothyrotomy Set
• Selected References
• Figures
• Video
• Cook Critical Care

Sample Screen Images

Title Page

Contents

Figures

Video

Neck Dissection Illustration

Superior Laryngeal Nerve Block

Melker Crycothyrotomy Demonstration

How to Get the CD-ROM

Cook Critical Care
A Division of Cook Incorporated
P. O. Box 489
Bloomington, IN 47402 U.S.A.
Phone: 812-339-2235
Toll Free: 800-457-4500
Toll Free FAX: 800-554-8335