title: Emergency Neurological Life Support: Airway, Ventilation, and Sedation.
abstract: Airway management and ventilation are central to the resuscitation of the neurologically ill. These patients often have evolving processes that threaten the airway and adequate ventilation. Furthermore, intubation, ventilation, and sedative choices directly affect brain perfusion. Therefore, airway, ventilation, and sedation was chosen as an emergency neurological life support protocol. Topics include airway management, when and how to intubate with special attention to hemodynamics and preservation of cerebral blood flow, mechanical ventilation settings, and the use of sedative agents based on the patient's neurological status.
authors.affiliation: Department of Critical Care Services, Maine Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA. SEDERD@mmc.org.
authors.forename: David B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Seder
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Andy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jagoda
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Becky
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Riggs
mesh_terms: D058109:Airway Management / Q000379:methods*; D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods*; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000379:methods*; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: Airway; Emergency; Neurocritical care; Sedation; Ventilation