Reinforce your understanding of the concepts and skills described in Egan’s Fundamentals of Respiratory Care, 12th Edition! With chapters corresponding to the chapters in Egan’s market-leading textbook, this workbook prepares you to succeed on certification exams with NBRC-style, case study application, and analysis-style questions. This edition includes two new chapters plus a wide range of activities and exercises to guide you through difficult concepts.
1. Cover image - p. 1 2. Title page - p. 2 3. Table of Contents - p. 3 4. Copyright - p. 6 5. Dedication - p. 7 6. SECTION I. Foundations of Respiratory Care - p. 8 7. 1. Early History of Respiratory Care - p. 9 8. 2. Delivering Evidence-Based Respiratory Care - p. 10 9. 3. Quality, Patient Safety, Communication, and Recordkeeping - p. 11 10. 4. Principles of Infection Prevention and Control - p. 13 11. 5. Ethical and Legal Implications of Practice - p. 14 12. 6. Physical Principles of Respiratory Care - p. 15 13. 7. E-Medicine in Respiratory Care - p. 18 14. 8. Fundamentals of Respiratory Care Research - p. 19 15. SECTION II. Applied Anatomy and Physiology - p. 20 16. 9. The Respiratory System - p. 21 17. 10. The Cardiovascular System - p. 22 18. 11. Ventilation - p. 23 19. 12. Gas Exchange and Transport - p. 24 20. 13. Solutions, Body Fluids, and Electrolytes - p. 27 21. 14. Acid-Base Balance - p. 29 22. 15. Regulation of Breathing - p. 32 23. SECTION III. Assessment of Respiratory Disorders - p. 33 24. 16. Bedside Assessment of the Patient - p. 34 25. 17. Interpreting Clinical and Laboratory Data - p. 38 26. 18. Interpreting the Electrocardiogram - p. 41 27. 19. Analysis and Monitoring of Gas Exchange - p. 42 28. 20. Pulmonary Function Testing - p. 45 29. 21. Review of Thoracic Imaging - p. 48 30. 22. Flexible Bronchoscopy and the Respiratory Therapist - p. 52 31. 23. Nutrition Assessment - p. 53 32. SECTION IV. Review of Cardiopulmonary Disease - p. 55 33. 24. Pulmonary Infections - p. 56 34. 25. Obstructive Lung Disease: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Asthma, and Related Diseases - p. 59 35. 26. Interstitial Lung Disease - p. 63 36. 27. Pleural Diseases - p. 64 37. 28. Pulmonary Vascular Disease - p. 66 38. 29. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) - p. 67 39. 30. Respiratory Management of Trauma, Obesity, Near Drowning, and Burns - p. 69 40. 31. Heart Failure - p. 70 41. 32. Lung Cancer - p. 71 42. 33. Neuromuscular and Other Diseases of the Chest Wall - p. 72 43. 34. Disorders of Sleep - p. 75 44. 35. Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Disorders - p. 76 45. SECTION V. Basic Therapeutics - p. 79 46. 36. Airway Pharmacology - p. 80 47. 37. Airway Management - p. 83 48. 38. Emergency Cardiovascular Life Support - p. 86 49. 39. Humidity and Bland Aerosol Therapy - p. 89 50. 40. Aerosol Drug Therapy - p. 92 51. 41. Storage and Delivery of Medical Gases - p. 95 52. 42. Medical Gas Therapy - p. 97 53. 43. Lung Expansion Therapy - p. 100 54. 44. Airway Clearance Therapy - p. 102 55. SECTION VI. Acute and Critical Care - p. 105 56. 45. Respiratory Failure and the Need for Ventilatory Support - p. 106 57. 46. Mechanical Ventilators - p. 109 58. 47. Physiology of Ventilatory Support - p. 110 59. 48. Patient-Ventilator Interactions - p. 113 60. 49. Initiating and Adjusting Invasive Ventilatory Support - p. 114 61. 50. Noninvasive Ventilation - p. 117 62. 51. Extracorporeal Life Support - p. 119 63. 52. Monitoring the Patient in the Intensive Care Unit - p. 120 64. 53. Discontinuing Ventilatory Support - p. 123 65. 54. Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care - p. 126 66. SECTION VII. Patient Education and Long-Term Care - p. 129 67. 55. Patient Education and Health Promotion - p. 130 68. 56. Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation - p. 131 69. 57. Respiratory Care in Alternative Settings - p. 133 70. 58. Ethics and End of Life - p. 136
Reinforce your understanding of the concepts and skills described in Egan’s Fundamentals of Respiratory Care, 12th Edition! With chapters corresponding to the chapters in Egan’s market-leading textbook, this workbook prepares you to succeed on certification exams with NBRC-style, case study application, and analysis-style questions. This edition includes two new chapters plus a wide range of activities and exercises to guide you through difficult concepts.
1. Cover image - p. 1 2. Title page - p. 2 3. Table of Contents - p. 3 4. Copyright - p. 6 5. Dedication - p. 7 6. SECTION I. Foundations of Respiratory Care - p. 8 7. 1. Early History of Respiratory Care - p. 9 8. 2. Delivering Evidence-Based Respiratory Care - p. 10 9. 3. Quality, Patient Safety, Communication, and Recordkeeping - p. 11 10. 4. Principles of Infection Prevention and Control - p. 13 11. 5. Ethical and Legal Implications of Practice - p. 14 12. 6. Physical Principles of Respiratory Care - p. 15 13. 7. E-Medicine in Respiratory Care - p. 18 14. 8. Fundamentals of Respiratory Care Research - p. 19 15. SECTION II. Applied Anatomy and Physiology - p. 20 16. 9. The Respiratory System - p. 21 17. 10. The Cardiovascular System - p. 22 18. 11. Ventilation - p. 23 19. 12. Gas Exchange and Transport - p. 24 20. 13. Solutions, Body Fluids, and Electrolytes - p. 27 21. 14. Acid-Base Balance - p. 29 22. 15. Regulation of Breathing - p. 32 23. SECTION III. Assessment of Respiratory Disorders - p. 33 24. 16. Bedside Assessment of the Patient - p. 34 25. 17. Interpreting Clinical and Laboratory Data - p. 38 26. 18. Interpreting the Electrocardiogram - p. 41 27. 19. Analysis and Monitoring of Gas Exchange - p. 42 28. 20. Pulmonary Function Testing - p. 45 29. 21. Review of Thoracic Imaging - p. 48 30. 22. Flexible Bronchoscopy and the Respiratory Therapist - p. 52 31. 23. Nutrition Assessment - p. 53 32. SECTION IV. Review of Cardiopulmonary Disease - p. 55 33. 24. Pulmonary Infections - p. 56 34. 25. Obstructive Lung Disease: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Asthma, and Related Diseases - p. 59 35. 26. Interstitial Lung Disease - p. 63 36. 27. Pleural Diseases - p. 64 37. 28. Pulmonary Vascular Disease - p. 66 38. 29. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) - p. 67 39. 30. Respiratory Management of Trauma, Obesity, Near Drowning, and Burns - p. 69 40. 31. Heart Failure - p. 70 41. 32. Lung Cancer - p. 71 42. 33. Neuromuscular and Other Diseases of the Chest Wall - p. 72 43. 34. Disorders of Sleep - p. 75 44. 35. Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Disorders - p. 76 45. SECTION V. Basic Therapeutics - p. 79 46. 36. Airway Pharmacology - p. 80 47. 37. Airway Management - p. 83 48. 38. Emergency Cardiovascular Life Support - p. 86 49. 39. Humidity and Bland Aerosol Therapy - p. 89 50. 40. Aerosol Drug Therapy - p. 92 51. 41. Storage and Delivery of Medical Gases - p. 95 52. 42. Medical Gas Therapy - p. 97 53. 43. Lung Expansion Therapy - p. 100 54. 44. Airway Clearance Therapy - p. 102 55. SECTION VI. Acute and Critical Care - p. 105 56. 45. Respiratory Failure and the Need for Ventilatory Support - p. 106 57. 46. Mechanical Ventilators - p. 109 58. 47. Physiology of Ventilatory Support - p. 110 59. 48. Patient-Ventilator Interactions - p. 113 60. 49. Initiating and Adjusting Invasive Ventilatory Support - p. 114 61. 50. Noninvasive Ventilation - p. 117 62. 51. Extracorporeal Life Support - p. 119 63. 52. Monitoring the Patient in the Intensive Care Unit - p. 120 64. 53. Discontinuing Ventilatory Support - p. 123 65. 54. Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care - p. 126 66. SECTION VII. Patient Education and Long-Term Care - p. 129 67. 55. Patient Education and Health Promotion - p. 130 68. 56. Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation - p. 131 69. 57. Respiratory Care in Alternative Settings - p. 133 70. 58. Ethics and End of Life - p. 136
