Artificial Ventilation: A Basic Clinical Guide (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

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.- Paediatric Artificial Ventilation for the Non-Specialist.- Artificial ventilation in difficult and extreme environments.- Mass ventilation.- Conclusions: key messages.