Mosby's Respiratory Care Equipment Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 11th Edition

• 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

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
B: Answer Key for Chapter Assessment Questions
C: Normal Reference Ranges
D: Frequently Used Formulae and Values