Master the equipment, devices, and techniques used in respiratory therapy! 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 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 provides the skills that will help you breathe easier as you prepare for NBRC examinations.
1. Section I. Introduction - p. 1 2. 1. Basic Physics for the Respiratory Therapist - p. 2 3. Chapter 2. Principles of Infection Control - p. 24 4. Section II. Medical Gases - p. 47 5. 3. Manufacture, Storage, and Transport of Medical Gases - p. 48 6. 4. Administering Medical Gases: Regulators, Flowmeters, and Controlling Devices - p. 77 7. Section III. Airway Management - p. 102 8. 5. Airway Management Devices and Advanced Cardiac Life Support - p. 104 9. 6. Humidity and Aerosol Therapy - p. 150 10. I. Humidity Therapy - p. 152 11. II. Aerosol Therapy - p. 170 12. 7. Lung Expansion Therapy and Airway Clearance Devices - p. 205 13. Section IV. Assessment - p. 222 14. 8. Assessment of Pulmonary Function - p. 224 15. 9. Assessment of Cardiovascular Function - p. 264 16. 10. Blood Gas Monitoring - p. 299 17. 11. Sleep Diagnostics - p. 324 18. Section V. Critical Care and Extended Care Devices - p. 341 19. 12. Introduction to Ventilators - p. 344 20. I. Physical Characteristics of Ventilators - p. 344 21. II. How Ventilators Deliver Breaths - p. 356 22. III. Descriptions of Commonly Encountered Modes of Ventilation - p. 375 23. IV. HIGH-FREQUENCY VENTILATION - p. 388 24. 13. Mechanical Ventilators: General Use Ventilators: Adult, Pediatric, and Neonatal Critical Care Devices - p. 395 25. 14. Transport, Home Care, and Noninvasive Ventilatory Devices - p. 430 26. I. Transport Ventilators - p. 432 27. II. Home Care Ventilators - p. 467 28. III. Noninvasive Ventilation - p. 482 29. IV. Home Bilevel Devices - p. 492 30. 15. Special Techniques in Respiratory Care Patient Management - p. 500 31. Appendix A. Suggested Answer Key for Clinical Scenarios - p. 520 32. Appendix B. Answer Key for Chapter Assessment Questions - p. 527 33. Appendix C. Normal Reference Ranges - p. 532 34. Appendix D. Frequently Used Formulas and Values - p. 535 35. Glossary - p. 537 36. Index - p. 550
Master the equipment, devices, and techniques used in respiratory therapy! 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 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 provides the skills that will help you breathe easier as you prepare for NBRC examinations.
1. Section I. Introduction - p. 1 2. 1. Basic Physics for the Respiratory Therapist - p. 2 3. Chapter 2. Principles of Infection Control - p. 24 4. Section II. Medical Gases - p. 47 5. 3. Manufacture, Storage, and Transport of Medical Gases - p. 48 6. 4. Administering Medical Gases: Regulators, Flowmeters, and Controlling Devices - p. 77 7. Section III. Airway Management - p. 102 8. 5. Airway Management Devices and Advanced Cardiac Life Support - p. 104 9. 6. Humidity and Aerosol Therapy - p. 150 10. I. Humidity Therapy - p. 152 11. II. Aerosol Therapy - p. 170 12. 7. Lung Expansion Therapy and Airway Clearance Devices - p. 205 13. Section IV. Assessment - p. 222 14. 8. Assessment of Pulmonary Function - p. 224 15. 9. Assessment of Cardiovascular Function - p. 264 16. 10. Blood Gas Monitoring - p. 299 17. 11. Sleep Diagnostics - p. 324 18. Section V. Critical Care and Extended Care Devices - p. 341 19. 12. Introduction to Ventilators - p. 344 20. I. Physical Characteristics of Ventilators - p. 344 21. II. How Ventilators Deliver Breaths - p. 356 22. III. Descriptions of Commonly Encountered Modes of Ventilation - p. 375 23. IV. HIGH-FREQUENCY VENTILATION - p. 388 24. 13. Mechanical Ventilators: General Use Ventilators: Adult, Pediatric, and Neonatal Critical Care Devices - p. 395 25. 14. Transport, Home Care, and Noninvasive Ventilatory Devices - p. 430 26. I. Transport Ventilators - p. 432 27. II. Home Care Ventilators - p. 467 28. III. Noninvasive Ventilation - p. 482 29. IV. Home Bilevel Devices - p. 492 30. 15. Special Techniques in Respiratory Care Patient Management - p. 500 31. Appendix A. Suggested Answer Key for Clinical Scenarios - p. 520 32. Appendix B. Answer Key for Chapter Assessment Questions - p. 527 33. Appendix C. Normal Reference Ranges - p. 532 34. Appendix D. Frequently Used Formulas and Values - p. 535 35. Glossary - p. 537 36. Index - p. 550
