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This chapter will provide the trauma surgeon with the basic guidelines for the provision of appropriate airway management and ventilatory support of the patient being treated for major trauma with a brief focus on penetrating trauma. The chapter will be divided into the following sections: background, physiology and theory, emergency airway management, early ventilation strategies in the emergency department (ED) and intensive care unit (ICU) airway management, and ventilatory strategies. The chapter will conclude with brief comments regarding liberation from the mechanical ventilator.
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Richards, G.A., Hardcastle, T.C., Hodgson, R.E. (2017). Ventilation in the Trauma Patient: A Practical Approach. In: Velmahos, G., Degiannis, E., Doll, D. (eds) Penetrating Trauma. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49859-0_13
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