Mosby's Respiratory Care Equipment - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 12th Edition
by J. M. Cairo, PhD, RRT, FAARC
Elsevier eBook on VitalSource
ISBN: 9780443408755
Copyright: 2027
Page Count: 528
Imprint: Mosby
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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.
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
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 11. Sleep Diagnostics
SECTION V: Critical Care and Other Therapies 12. Introduction to Ventilators 13. Mechanical Ventilators: General Use Devices: 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 B: Answer Key for Chapter Assessment Questions C: Normal Reference Ranges D: Frequently Used Formulae and Values
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
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