Brewer's rogues, villains and eccentrics. An A-Z of roguish Britons through the ages
- 676 pages
- 24 hours of reading
A browsable and addictive collection of pen-portraits of 1500 extraordinary characters from British and Irish history
William Donaldson Books
Dr. William (Willy) Donaldson is a distinguished Professor of Management with extensive experience in corporate leadership. His career spans over 35 years serving on boards, as president, and CEO of eight companies, including a publicly traded firm and an international joint venture. He is the founder and president of Strategic Venture Planning, a management consulting firm dedicated to maximizing results for boards, investors, and senior management teams. His expertise covers a wide spectrum, from startups to Fortune 500 companies, private to public, services to manufacturing, low-tech to high-tech, and for-profit to not-for-profit. He is also a member of the International Council on Systems Engineering, where he chairs the Enterprise Systems working group.
I-Gel Supraglottic Airway
Medical Procedures, Testing and Technology: Medical Devices and Equipment
- 219 pages
- 8 hours of reading
The I-Gel supraglottic airway is a diposable, latex-free device for airway management during anaesthesia. The design of this device is significantly different from the previously used devices, notably laryngeal mask airways. Its bowl is made of a soft, non-inflatable thermoplastic elastomer, anatomically preformed to mirror the perilaryngeal structure. The I-Gel contains an additional epiglottis rest, which helps to prevent the epiglottis from down-folding or obstructing the laryngeal inlet. The device also includes a gastric channel, allowing drainage of air and gastric contents or passage of a gastric tube. This book provides a brief history of airway management and the classification of supraglottic airway devices; the mechanisms and forces contributing to their seal, and highlights the main differences between the devices. Also discussed is the process of I-Gel development including an initial mannequin and cadaver studies, with a description of the I-Gel's use in clinical practice, indications and description of its use in the operating room, and use of the I-Gel in different surgical subspecialities including laparoscopic procedures.