Timely, concise manual of airway management for the emergency medicine physician. Features include medical management as well as surgical intervention; Key Points in each chapter allow you to digest information quickly and easily; covers core knowledge including airway anatomy and physiology, discusses normal and difficult airway; latest devices and techniques, including supraglottic devices, direct laryngoscopy, rapid sequence intubation, and more; and a variety of patient populations including the critically ill, elderly, and pediatric patient.