Chapter 20

An Update on Airway Management in High-Threat Environments

Armando J. Munayco Sánchez, Alfredo Serrano Moraza, Jose Ramón Rey Fedriani and Alberto J. Hormeño Holgado

Abstract

Emergency management of the critical patient in some specific scenarios is a difficult job, not only related to the patient's condition but also to austere and hostile environments. Working as a medical provider in this arena, specific procedures, techniques and treatments must be reconsidered as per the most important factor, i.e. the presence and characteristics of a major threat over you.

Total Pages: 268-279 (12)

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