Mosby's Respiratory Care Equipment

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.
New to this edition

    NEW! Updated clinical scenarios are added throughout the text, which incorporate clinical practice guidelines (AARC, AECC, CCM) and reflect NBRC exam outlines.
    NEW! Updated end-of-chapter questions include additional clinical data, which also incorporate clinical practice guidelines (AARC, AECC, CCM) and reflect NBRC exam outlines.
    NEW! Coverage of infant and pediatric ventilators is now included in the Mechanical Ventilators: General Use Devices chapter.
    NEW! Updated Transport, Home Care, and Noninvasive Devices chapter includes the use of mechanical ventilators in alternative sites, e.g., air transport and long-term acute care (LTAC) facilities.

Table of Contents:

SECTION I Introduction

    Basic Physics for Clinicians

    Principles of Infection Control

    SECTION II Medical Gases

    Manufacture, Storage, and Transport of Medical Gases

    Administering Medical Gases: Regulators, Flowmeters, and Controlling Devices

    SECTION III Airway Management

    Airway Management Devices and Advanced Cardiac Life Support

    Humidity and Aerosol Therapy

    Lung Expansion Therapy and Airway Clearance Devices

    SECTION IV Assessment

    Assessment of Pulmonary Function

    Assessment of Cardiovascular Function

    Blood Gas Monitoring

    Sleep Diagnostics

    SECTION V Critical Care and Extended Care Devices

    Introduction to Ventilators

    Mechanical Ventilators: Ventilators used in Adult, Pediatric, and Neonatal Critical Care

    Transport, Home Care, and Noninvasive Ventilatory Devices

    Special Techniques in Respiratory Care Patient Management