Books on airway management can be categorized by content, focus, and intended audience. Some texts aim to be encyclopedic, while others focus primarily on specific techniques. A growing group of texts address emergency airway management. There are also some great on-line resources—available for free--that provide a historical perspective on direct laryngoscopy. Books we recommend are listed below, broken down by category.

Airway Cam Textbook

Airway Cam materials have an emergency airway management focus and include direct laryngoscopy imaging. The Airway Cam Guide to Intubation and Practical Emergency Airway Management provides a practical approach to first pass intubation success. Techniques, airway anatomy, and case examples are illustrated using more than 450 full color photographs, including step-by-step laryngoscopy images from Dr. Levitan's patented Airway Cam. This head-mounted camera aligns with the dominant pupil and permits imaging of laryngoscopy from the operator's perspective.

Explains the importance of finding the epiglottis first and recognizing laryngeal landmarks, especially the posterior cartilages and interarytenoid notch.
 Provides an overall laryngoscopy strategy with fast and effective maneuvers for improving laryngeal view—bimanual laryngoscopy, head-elevated laryngoscopy positioning, and straight-to-cuff stylet shaping.
 Offers clear guidelines on when to avoid RSI and use awake approaches.
 Covers special clinical challenges, and the selection of laryngoscopy equipment and alternative devices.
 Includes nasal intubation, surgical approaches, pediatric laryngoscopy, and creating practical emergency airway kits.


Paperback, 324 pages, size 9 x 6 inches.  ISBN-10: 1929018126  ISBN-13: 978-1929018123.

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Above all, this text lives up to its promise and provides a practical approach to airway management in the emergency setting as well as a step-by-step visual guide to laryngoscopy. The Airway Cam images, combined with the very complete discussion of airway anatomy constitute wonderful preparation for those about to perform intubation for the first time, for novice intubators, and for experienced laryngoscopists wanting a thorough review. We have not seen anything akin to the images produced by the Airway Cam in any other text or educational material. First and foremost, if a picture is worth a thousand words, then the Airway Cam images used in this book are worth millions. In addition to the outstanding pictures, we found the strategy/algorithm described in the book concise, logical, and easy to apply. The author's emphasis on a methodic approach, redundancy of safety, and having a precise backup/rescue plan is something we believe all emergency physicians should embrace. In our opinion, this volume belongs on the bookshelf of every emergency physician (or more broadly, on the bookshelves of all those called upon to manage airways on an emergency basis). 

-- Burg DM, Donner N. Academic Emergency Medicine 2005; 12: 789-790.

One of the most exhaustive and detailed textbooks on the art, science and skill of endotracheal intubation. If you're ready to perfect your technique and want a text that will provide you with a real-life, visual perspective, this text is for you.

-- Wesley K. Journal of Emergency Medical Services 2005; 30: 111.

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The Airway Cam Pocket Guide to Intubation
(2nd Edition)

An updated, condensed version of the textbook

Pearls and techniques for mask ventilation and rescue ventilation using a variety of supraglottic airways. An in-depth look at airway and laryngeal anatomy, displayed with a variety of imaging tools. Detailed guide to first pass laryngoscopy, including step-by-step images from Dr. Levitan's patented Airway Cam.  Explains the importance of epiglottoscopy, progressive landmark identification, ear-to-sternal notch positioning, bimanual laryngoscopy, and straight-to-cuff stylet shaping.  Also reviews: tube introducers, nasal intubation, fiberoptic intubation, optical stylets, alternative intubation techniques, and surgical airways. 116 pages, 245 color illustrations.  ISBN 9781929018154 Richard M. Levitan, William C. Kinkle Trim size 7.00 x 4.25 inches.

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Free E-books that we love:
Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery.  By Chevalier Jackson, Gustav Killian, J. A. Hageman, 1915. This text reveals Jackson’s insights into laryngeal anatomy and peroral endoscopy.  A window into a very different era of medicine.   Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy. A manual of peroral endoscopy and laryngeal surgery. Chevalier Jackson, 1922. In this updated text Jackson has worked out the fine details of his direct laryngoscopy technique; Pages 78-88 address proper positioning, epiglottoscopy, progressive exposure of anatomic landmarks, two handed laryngoscopy, etc.
Other books we like that focus on emergency airways:
	Braude D. Rapid Sequence Intubation and Rapid Sequence Airway: An Airway 911 Guide.
	Kovacs G, Law JA. Airway Management in Emergencies.  McGraw-Hill; 2007.
	Hung O, Murphy M. Management of the Difficult and Failed Airway. McGraw-Hill Professional; 2007.
	Orebaugh S.  Atlas of Airway Management: Techniques and Tools: Tools and Techniques Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2006
Other airway books we think are great:
	Brimacombe JR. Laryngeal Mask Anesthesia: Principles and Practice, 2nd edition. W.B. Saunders Company; 2004
	Hagberg CA. Benumof's Airway Management, 2nd edition, Mosby; 2007
	Ovassapian A.  Fiberoptic Endoscopy and the Difficult Airway. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 1996.

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