cover image - Workbook for Pilbeam's Mechanical Ventilation Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 8th Edition
ISBN: 9780323871716
Copyright: 2024
Publication Date: 08-31-2023
Page Count: 216
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $45.99

Workbook for Pilbeam's Mechanical Ventilation Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 8th Edition

by J. M. Cairo, PhD, RRT, FAARC and Sandra T. Hinski, PHD, MS, RRT-NPS

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cover image - Workbook for Pilbeam's Mechanical Ventilation Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 8th Edition
ISBN: 9780323871716
Copyright: 2024
Publication Date: 08-31-2023
Page Count: 216
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $45.99
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Reinforce your understanding of Pilbeam's Mechanical Ventilation, 8th Edition with this practical workbook! With chapters corresponding to the textbook by J. M. Cairo, this study tool provides activities and exercises to help you prepare for success on the NBRC examination. It offers a complete review of mechanical ventilation principles, and real-world scenarios help you develop critical thinking skills and apply concepts to the clinical setting. Easy to use, this review helps you focus on the textbook’s most important information.

    • Variety of learning activities helps you review content at the recall, application, and analysis levels, and includes crossword puzzles with key terms, critical thinking activities, NBRC-style multiple-choice questions, case study exercises, waveform analyses, and ventilation data analyses, as well as fill-in-the-blank, labeling, and short-answer questions
    • Correlation with Pilbeam’s Mechanical Ventilation, 8th Edition features exercises directly tied to the learning objectives in each chapter of the textbook
    • Critical Thinking questions ask you to apply the content learned, featuring real-life scenarios and reinforcing the very difficult concept of mechanical ventilation with safe, simulated clinical practice
    • Workbook answers are provided on the textbook’s Evolve website
    • NEW! Updated content reflects the latest equipment and techniques presented in the 8th edition of the Pilbeam's Mechanical Ventilation textbook
  • 1. Basic Terms and Concepts of Mechanical Ventilation
    2. How Ventilators Work
    3. How a Breath Is Delivered
    4. Establishing the Need for Mechanical Ventilation
    5. Selecting the Ventilator and the Mode
    6. Initial Ventilator Settings
    7. Final Considerations in Ventilator Setup
    8. Initial Patient Assessment
    9. Ventilator Graphics
    10. Assessment of Respiratory Function
    11. Hemodynamic Monitoring
    12. Methods to Improve Ventilation in Patient-Ventilator Management
    13. Improving Oxygenation and Management of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
    14. Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
    15. Sedatives, Analgesics and Paralytics
    16. Extrapulmonary Effects of Mechanical Ventilation
    17. Effects of Positive Pressure Ventilation on the Pulmonary System
    18. Troubleshooting and Problem Solving
    19. Basic Concepts of Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
    20. Weaning and Discontinuation From Mechanical Ventilation
    21. Long-Term Ventilation
    22. Neonatal and Pediatric Mechanical Ventilation
    23. Special Techniques in Ventilatory Support
  • 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 and Sandra T. Hinski, PHD, MS, RRT-NPS, Faculty Respiratory Care Division, Gateway Community College, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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