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Mosby's Respiratory Care Equipment,
Edition 12Editors: By J. M. Cairo, PhD, RRT, FAARC
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Master the equipment, devices, and techniques used in respiratory therapy! Mosby's Respiratory Care Equipment, 12th Edition, provides a comprehensive guide to treating patients with cardiopulmonary dysfunction. Using a how-to approach, this text helps you learn to identify and select equipment, understand its operation, and apply your knowledge to clinical practice. It also discusses assessment, testing, protocols, and troubleshooting of the devices used in airway management. Written by noted educator J. M. Cairo and a team of expert contributors, this leading text presents the knowledge and skills that will help you prepare for success on NBRC examinations.
Key Features
- UNIQUE! Clinical approach serves as a “how to” guide for identifying equipment, understanding how it works, and applying the information in clinical practice
- UNIQUE! Organization of ventilators by application area and manufacturer provides a more concise method to learn, review, and/or locate this information in the text
- Review questions at the end of every chapter reinforce comprehension and mirror the types of multiple-choice and critical-thinking questions featured on the NBRC exams
- UNIQUE! Infection Control chapter presents the aspects of microbiology and infection control that respiratory therapists must understand to prevent healthcare-associated infections, and discusses the role of infection control issues in mass casualty situations
- Excerpts of Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs), statements of care developed by the AARC, provide important information regarding indications/contraindications, hazards and complications, assessment of need, assessment of outcome, and monitoring
- UNIQUE! Clinical Scenario boxes present problems that may be encountered during actual equipment use and raise clinically relevant questions for consideration
- UNIQUE! Historical Notes boxes provide educational and/or clinically relevant and valuable historical information on respiratory care equipment
New Features
- UPDATED! COVID-19 and enhanced infection control content reflects the latest guidelines and best practices
- UPDATED! Equipment images depict modern and advanced respiratory technology
About the author
By J. M. Cairo, PhD, RRT, FAARC, Dean of the School of Allied Health Professions, Professor of Cardiopulmonary Science, Physiology, and Anesthesiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
SECTION I Introduction
1 Basic Physics for the Respiratory Therapist
2 Principles of Infection Control
SECTION II Medical Gases
3 Manufacture, Storage, and Transport of Medical Gases
4 Administering Medical Gases Regulators, Flowmeters, and Controlling Devices
SECTION III Airway Management
5 Airway Management Devices
6 Humidity and Aerosol Therapy
7 Lung Expansion Therapy and Airway Clearance Devices
SECTION IV Assessment
8 Assessment of Pulmonary Function
9 Assessment of Cardiovascular Function
10 Blood Gas Monitoring
11 Sleep Diagnostics
SECTION V Critical Care and Extended Care Devices
12 Introduction to Ventilators
13 Mechanical Ventilators: General Use Ventilators: Adult, Pediatric, and Neonatal Critical Care Devices
14 Transport, Home Care, and Noninvasive Ventilatory Devices
15 Special Techniques in Respiratory Care Patient Management
Appendix A: Suggested Answer Key for Clinical Scenarios
Appendix B: Answer Key for Chapter Assessment Questions
Appendix C: Normal Reference Ranges
Appendix D: Frequently Used Formulas and Values
Glossary
Index
1 Basic Physics for the Respiratory Therapist
2 Principles of Infection Control
SECTION II Medical Gases
3 Manufacture, Storage, and Transport of Medical Gases
4 Administering Medical Gases Regulators, Flowmeters, and Controlling Devices
SECTION III Airway Management
5 Airway Management Devices
6 Humidity and Aerosol Therapy
7 Lung Expansion Therapy and Airway Clearance Devices
SECTION IV Assessment
8 Assessment of Pulmonary Function
9 Assessment of Cardiovascular Function
10 Blood Gas Monitoring
11 Sleep Diagnostics
SECTION V Critical Care and Extended Care Devices
12 Introduction to Ventilators
13 Mechanical Ventilators: General Use Ventilators: Adult, Pediatric, and Neonatal Critical Care Devices
14 Transport, Home Care, and Noninvasive Ventilatory Devices
15 Special Techniques in Respiratory Care Patient Management
Appendix A: Suggested Answer Key for Clinical Scenarios
Appendix B: Answer Key for Chapter Assessment Questions
Appendix C: Normal Reference Ranges
Appendix D: Frequently Used Formulas and Values
Glossary
Index
ISBN:
9780443278181
Page Count:
528
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