Workbook for Egan's Fundamentals of Respiratory Care - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 13th Edition
by Sandra T. Hinski, PHD, MS, RRT-NPS, James K. Stoller, MD, MS, FAARC, FCCP, Albert J. Heuer, PhD, MBA, RRT, RPFT, FAARC, David L. Vines, PhD, RRT, FAARC,FCCP, Robert L. Chatburn, MHHS, RRT-NPS,FAARC and Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila, MD
Section I. Foundations of Respiratory Care 1. Early History of Respiratory Care 2. The Profession of Respiratory Care 3. Quality, Patient Safety, and Communication 4. Principles of Infection Prevention and Control 5. Ethical and Legal Implications of Practice 6. Physical Principles of Respiratory Care 7. E-Medicine in Respiratory Care 8. Fundamentals of Respiratory Care Research
Section II. Applied Anatomy and Physiology 9. The Respiratory System 10. The Cardiovascular System 11. Ventilation 12. Gas Exchange and Transport 13. Solutions, Body Fluids, and Electrolytes 14. Acid-Base Balance 15. Regulation of Breathing
Section III. Assessment of Respiratory Disorders 16. Bedside Assessment of the Patient 17. Interpreting Clinical and Laboratory Data 18. Interpreting the Electrocardiogram 19. Analysis and Monitoring of Gas Exchange 20. Pulmonary Function Testing 21. Review of Thoracic Imaging 22. Flexible Bronchoscopy and the Respiratory Therapist 23. Nutrition Assessment
Section IV. Review of Cardiopulmonary Disease 24. Pneumonia 25. Obstructive Lung Disease. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Asthma, and Related Diseases 26. Interstitial Lung Disease 27. Pleural Diseases 28. Pulmonary Vascular Disease 29. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 30. Respiratory Management of Trauma, Obesity, Near Drowning, and Burns 31. Acute Heart Failure 32. Lung Cancer 33. Neuromuscular and Other Diseases of the Chest Wall 34. Disorders of Sleep 35. Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Disorders
Section V. Basic Therapeutics 36. Airway Pharmacology 37. Airway Management 38. Emergency Cardiovascular Life Support 39. Humidity and Bland Aerosol Therapy 40. Aerosol Drug Therapy 41. Storage and Delivery of Medical Gases 42. Medical Gas Therapy 43. Lung Expansion Therapy 44. Airway Clearance Therapy (ACT)
Section VI. Acute and Critical Care 45. Respiratory Failure and the Need for Ventilatory Support 46. Mechanical Ventilators 47. Physiology of Ventilatory Support 48. Patient-Ventilator Interactions 49. Initiating and Adjusting Invasive Ventilatory Support 50. Noninvasive Ventilation 51. Extracorporeal Life Support 52. Monitoring the Patient in the Intensive Care Unit 53. Discontinuing Ventilatory Support 54. Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care
Section VII. Patient Education and Long-Term Care 55. Patient Education and Health Promotion 56. Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation 57. Respiratory Care in Alternative Settings 58. Ethics and End of Life
Sandra T. Hinski, PHD, MS, RRT-NPS, Faculty Respiratory Care Division, Gateway Community College, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, James K. Stoller, MD, MS, FAARC, FCCP, Jean Wall Bennett Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic,Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine Chair, Education Institute Cleveland Clinic, USA, Albert J. Heuer, PhD, MBA, RRT, RPFT, FAARC, Program Director and Professor, Masters in Health Care Management Rutgers - School of Health Professions Newark, USA, David L. Vines, PhD, RRT, FAARC,FCCP, Chairperson and Respiratory Care Program Director Department of Cardiopulmonary Sciences Rush University Medical Center Chicago, Illinois, USA, Robert L. Chatburn, MHHS, RRT-NPS,FAARC, Professor of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University; Director, Simulation Fellowship, Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA and Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila, MD, Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit,Medical Director, Simulation and Advanced Skills Center Assistant Professor of Medicine Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University Respiratory Institute Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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