Anesthesia Emergencies

This book contains relevant step-by-step information on how to detect, manage, and treat complications and emergencies during the perioperative period. Concisely written, highlighted sections reinforce essential points for easy memorization while consistent organization and checklists provide ease of learning and clarity. Anesthesia providers will find Anesthesia Emergencies an indispensable resource, describing assessment and treatment of life-threatening situations, including airway, thoracic, surgical, pediatric, and cardiovascular emergencies.


Readership: Anesthesia providers, emergency medicine physicians, as well as medical students, interns, and residents in anesthesiology and emergency medicine


Edited by Keith Ruskin, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology and Neurosurgery, Yale University School of Medicine, and Edited by Stanley Rosenbaum, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology, Medicine, and Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine