ISBN:
9780323712231
Copyright:
2022
Publication Date:
10-08-2021
Page Count:
592
Imprint:
Mosby
List Price:
$114.99
Mosby's Respiratory Care Equipment Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 11th Edition
by J. M. Cairo, PhD, RRT, FAARC
Elsevier eBook on VitalSource
ISBN:
9780323712231
Copyright:
2022
Publication Date:
10-08-2021
Page Count:
592
Imprint:
Mosby
List Price:
$114.99
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Help students learn to provide effective respiratory therapy using the newest equipment and technology! Mosby's Respiratory Care Equipment, 11th Edition provides a comprehensive guide to treating patients with cardiopulmonary dysfunction. Using a how-to approach, this text helps students learn to identify and select equipment, understand its operation, and apply their knowledge to clinical practice. It also discusses assessment, testing, protocols, and troubleshooting of the devices used in airway management. The leading text on respiratory care equipment, this resource provides the competencies and skills that will help students prepare for success on NBRC examinations.
Newer Edition Available
Mosby's Respiratory Care Equipment - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource
Elsevier eBook on VitalSource
ISBN: 9780443408755
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- NEW! Updated and additional clinical scenarios are included throughout the text, which incorporate clinical practice guidelines (AARC, AECC, CCM) and reflect NBRC exam outlines.
- NEW! Updated end-of-chapter questions include additional clinical data, which also incorporate clinical practice guidelines (AARC, AECC, CCM) and reflect NBRC exam outlines.
- NEW! Coverage of infant and pediatric ventilators is now included in the Mechanical Ventilators: General Use Devices chapter.
- NEW! Updated Transport, Home Care, and Noninvasive Devices chapter includes the use of mechanical ventilators in alternative sites, e.g., air transport and long-term acute care (LTAC) facilities.
- Unique! Clinical approach provides students with a "how to" approach to identifying equipment, understanding how it works, and applying the information in clinical practice.
- Unique! Organization of ventilators by application area and manufacturer makes it easier to learn, review, and locate ventilator information.
- Unique! Clinical Scenario boxes address problems that may be encountered during actual use of equipment and raise clinically relevant questions, with suggested answers on the Evolve companion website.
- Unique! Infection Control chapter reviews microbiology and infection control, a topic that RTs must understand to prevent healthcare-associated infections, and discusses infection control 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! Historical Notes boxes highlight clinically relevant and valuable historical information on respiratory care equipment.
- Learning features include chapter outlines, learning objectives, key terms, chapter introductions, and bulleted key point summaries to identify and reinforce the most important material in each chapter.
- Chapter review questions at the end of every chapter reinforce student comprehension, using NBRC-style multiple-choice or critical-thinking questions to match the types of questions covered on the NBRC exams.
- Glossary of key terms is listed in the back of the book for quick reference.
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- NEW! Updated clinical scenarios are added throughout the text, which incorporate clinical practice guidelines (AARC, AECC, CCM) and reflect NBRC exam outlines.
- NEW! Updated end-of-chapter questions include additional clinical data, which also incorporate clinical practice guidelines (AARC, AECC, CCM) and reflect NBRC exam outlines.
- NEW! Coverage of infant and pediatric ventilators is now included in the Mechanical Ventilators: General Use Devices chapter.
- NEW! Updated Transport, Home Care, and Noninvasive Devices chapter includes the use of mechanical ventilators in alternative sites, e.g., air transport and long-term acute care (LTAC) facilities.
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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 and Advanced Cardiac Life Support
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
10. Lung Expansion Devices
11. Sleep Diagnostics
SECTION V: Critical Care and Other Therapies
12. Introduction to Ventilators
13. Mechanical Ventilators: General Use Devices
14. Infant and Pediatric Devices
15. Transport, Home Care, and Noninvasive Devices
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 Formulae and Values
Glossary
Most review copies are eBooks – how fast!
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