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Basic Emergency Airway Management and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

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In an emergency, all basic life support (BLS), advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), and advanced trauma life support (ATLS) techniques focus on the ABCs – airway, breathing, and circulation (currently ABCD with defibrillation is also used).1 – 3 The airway is the most important element of BLS and is correctly allocated as the “A” in the ABCD of resuscitation. Assessment, establishment, and maintenance of a patent airway, with adequate oxygenation and ventilation, form the foundation upon which other resuscitative measures are built. Without this foundation, all other resuscitative measures are doomed to failure, as an inadequate airway leads rapidly to hypoxemia and uncorrected hypoxemia will result in brain damage and ultimately death.

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The author would like to thank Jennifer Pillay, Nikki Stalker, Jenkin Tsui, and Adam Dryden for their contribution to this chapter.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

    Brendan T. Finucane MBBCh, FRCPC (Professor Emeritus)

  2. Director of Anesthesia Services Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

    Brendan T. Finucane MBBCh, FRCPC (Professor Emeritus)

  3. Staff Anesthesiologist Leduc Community Hospital, Leduc, Alberta, Canada

    Brendan T. Finucane MBBCh, FRCPC (Professor Emeritus)

  4. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Director, Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Service Stollery Children’s Hospital, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

    Ban C. H. Tsui Dip Eng, BSc(Math), B Pharm, MD, MSc, FRCPC (Professor)

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    Albert H. Santora MD

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Finucane, B.T., Tsui, B.C.H., Santora, A.H. (2010). Basic Emergency Airway Management and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). In: Principles of Airway Management. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09558-5_3

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