Chapter 6 – Airway Management
Abstract There is a great deal of information about the management of the airway during many different scenarios, but very little of that information addresses the management of the airway…
ANESTHESIA
Chapter 5 – Inhaled Anesthetics and Draw-Over Devices in Disaster Response
Abstract Inhaled anesthetics remain the primary pharmacologic agents for administering general anesthesia in current surgical practices. Anesthesia providers enjoy familiarity and extensive experience with these inhaled agents in the context…
Chapter 4 – Total Intravenous Anesthesia in Disaster Medicine
Abstract The above famous critique of intravenous anesthesia occurred following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, where anesthesia folklore tells us more Americans died from the use of thiopentone than from…
Chapter 7 – Vascular Access, Hydration, and Fluids
Abstract Following a major disaster from which a large number of casualties result, a community’s ability to rescue, triage, transport, evaluate, and treat these casualties quickly and effectively leads to…
Chapter 1 – Disaster Anesthesia
Abstract A disaster is by definition a situation in which the resources available do not match the demands of the population impacted. This frequent reality often forces serious modifications in…
Chapter 2 – Preparing to Deploy to a Remote Disaster
Abstract In order to prepare to respond to a disaster event, one must consider the type of disaster. Is it a one-time event, the result of weather, seismic activity, or…
Chapter 3 – Principles of Emergency and Trauma Surgery
Abstract Natural disasters and armed conflict kill and maim. In the immediate, emergency phase, patients suffering from trauma receive the highest priority. It is only later that the public health…
Using Electroencephalography (EEG) to Guide Propofol and Sevoflurane Dosing in Pediatric Anesthesia
Sevoflurane and propofol–based anesthetics are dosed according to vital signs, movement, and expired sevoflurane concentrations, which do not assess the anesthetic state of the brain and, therefore, risk underdose and…
Trends in Pediatric Pain
Trends in pediatric pain management are moving toward thinking beyond opioids. Regional anesthetic techniques, such as quadratus lumborum and erector spinae plane blocks, demonstrate efficacy and safety in pediatric populations….
Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Neurocognition
Pediatric obstructive sleep apnea affects a large number of children and has multiple end-organ sequelae. Although many of these have been demonstrated to be reversible, the effects on some of…
