Workbook for Egan's fundamentals of respiratory care

The Workbook for Egans Fundamentals of Respiratory Care is designed to help the user focus on the most important information in Egans. It challenges students to answer three questions about the content: what do I need to know, why doI need to know it, and how will I use it? The author breaks down complex information to the essentials and presents it in an approachable manner though theuse of humor, real life examples, and a wide range of activities. Activities include matching, fill-in-the-blank, crossword puzzles, short answers, case studies, NBRC-style multiple-choice questions, and internet activities, to name a few. INDICE: I. Foundations of Respiratory Care1. History of Respiratory Care NEW! 2. Quality and Evidence-Based Respiratory Care 3. Patient Safety, Communication and Recordkeeping4. Principles of Infection Control5. Ethical and Legal Implications of Practice6. Physical Principles of Respiratory Care7. Computer Applications in Respiratory Care II. Applied Anatomy and Physiology8. The Respiratory System 9. The Cardiovascular System10. Ventilation 11. Gas Exchange and Transport12. Solutions, Body Fluids, and Electrolytes13. Acid-Base Balance14. Regulation of Breathing III. Assessment of Respiratory Disorders15. Bedside Assessment of the Patient 16. Interpretation of Clinical Laboratory Data NEW! 17. Interpreting the Electrocardiogram NEW! 18. Analysis and Monitoring of GasExchange19. Pulmonary Function Testing 20. A Review of Thoracic Imaging 21. Nutrition Assessment IV. Review of Cardiopulmonary Disease22. Pulmonary Infections23. Obstructive Lung Disease: COPD, Asthma, and Related Diseases 24. Interstitial Lung Disease 25. Pleural Diseases 26. Pulmonary Vascular Disease 27. Acute Lung Injury, Pulmonary Edema and Multiple System Organ Failure 28. Lung Cance29. Neuromuscular and Other Diseases of the Chest Wall30. Disorders of Sleep 31. Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory DisordersV. Basic Therapeutics32. Airway Pharmacology 33. Airway Management 34. Emergency Cardiovascular Life Support 35. Humidity and Bland Aerosol Therapy 36. Aerosol Drug Therapy 37. Storageand Delivery of Medical Gases 38. Medical Gas Therapy39. Lung Expansion Therapy 40. Bronchial Hygiene TherapyVI. Acute and Critical Care41. Respiratory Failure and the Need for Ventilatory Support42. Mechanical Ventilators 43. Physiology of Ventilatory Support44. Initiating and Adjusting Ventilatory Support 45. Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation46. Monitoring and Management of the Patient in the Intensive Care Unit47. Discontinuing Ventilatory Support 48. Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory CareVII. Preventative and Long-Term Care49.Patient Education and Health Promotion 50. Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation51. Respiratory Care in Alternative Settings

• ISBN: 978-0-323-05188-0
• Editorial: Mosby
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 592
• Fecha Publicación: 04/04/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés