A new edition of the classic text, Respiratory Care: Principles and Practice, Second Edition is a truly authoritative text for respiratory care students who desire a complete and up to date exploration of the technical and professional aspects of respiratory care. With foundations in evidence-based practice, this essential resource reviews respiratory assessment, respiratory therapeutics, respiratory diseases, basic sciences and their application to respiratory care, the respiratory care profession, and much more.
Edited and authored by leading experts, Respiratory Care: Principles and Practice incorporates the latest information on the practice of respiratory care into a well-organized, reader-friendly guide to help students learn to develop care plans, critical thinking skills, strong communication and patient education skills, and the clinical leadership skills needed to succeed. This text provides essential information in a practical and manageable format for optimal learning and retention. Features include Clinical Practice Guidelines, Key Points, and Respiratory Recaps to help students apply knowledge to practice and retain key information, as well as hundreds of glossary terms with clear definitions, and concise explanations of important concepts and equations. Including a wealth of full color photos and illustrations, and content cross-referencing the NBRC examination matrices, Respiratory Care: Principles and Practice, Second Edition is the definitive resource for today’s successful respiratory care practitioner.
This new edition of Respiratory Care is designed to be more student-friendly than existing texts, written at a more accessible level without compromising the quality or depth of the content. It is completely up to date and is mapped to the NBRC matrix, ensuring coverage of all major topics on the RRT exam. Respiratory Care covers many topics not covered in existing texts, including Critical Thinking, Research, Trauma, Chemistry for Respiratory Care, and much more.
- Testbank with 1,000 exam-style questions (available for Blackboard, Moodle, Desire2Learn, Angel, and additional formats).
- PowerPoint lecture outlines for each chapter.
- PowerPoint Image Bank for each chapter.
- Instructor’s Manual that includes: Over 120 Case Studies and Over 150 Discussion Questions
- Sample Syllabus to help you design your course.
- NBRC Matrix mapping each chapter of the textbook to content on the RRT exam.
- Chapter-by-Chapter comparison, to the First Edition of Respiratory Care and another text, to highlight differences and aid transition.
Table of Contents
Section One Respiratory Assessment
- Chapter 1 History and Physical Examination
- Chapter 2 Gas Exchange
- Chapter 3 Acid-Base Balance
- Chapter 4 Arterial Blood Gas Analysis and Sampling
- Chapter 5 Respiratory Monitoring
- Chapter 6 Hemodynamic Monitoring
- Chapter 7 Cardiac Assessment
- Chapter 8 Blood Chemistries and Hematology
- Chapter 9 Imaging the Thorax
- Chapter 10 Pulmonary Function Testing
- Chapter 11 Interventional Pulmonary Procedures
- Chapter 12 Polysomnography
- Chapter 13 Nutrition Assessment and Support
- Chapter 14 Cardiopulmonary Exercise Assessment
Section Two Respiratory Therapeutics
- Chapter 15 Therapeutic Gases: Manufacture, Storage, and Delivery
- Chapter 16 Therapeutic Gases: Management and Administration
- Chapter 17 Humidity and Aerosol Therapy
- Chapter 18 Sputum Collection, Airway Clearance, and Lung Expansion Therapy
- Chapter 19 Airway Management
- Chapter 20 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- Chapter 21 Mechanical Ventilators: Classification and Principles of Operation
- Chapter 22 Mechanical Ventilation
- Chapter 23 Noninvasive Ventilation and Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
- Chapter 24 Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care
- Chapter 25 Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- Chapter 26 Home Respiratory Care
- Chapter 27 Disaster Management
- Chapter 28 Respiratory Care of the Elderly
- Chapter 29 Medical Information Management and Patient Safety
Section Three Respiratory Diseases
- Chapter 30 Principles of Disease Management
- Chapter 31 Patient Education
- Chapter 32 Decision Making and the Role of Respiratory Therapists as Consultants
- Chapter 33 Infection Control Principles
- Chapter 34 Asthma
- Chapter 35 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Chapter 36 Interstitial Lung Disease
- Chapter 37 Pulmonary Vascular Disease
- Chapter 38 Pneumonia
- Chapter 39 Cystic Fibrosis
- Chapter 40 Acute Lung Injury and the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- Chapter 41 Postoperative Respiratory Care
- Chapter 42 Cardiac Failure
- Chapter 43 Trauma
- Chapter 44 Burn and Inhalation Injury
- Chapter 45 Neuromuscular Dysfunction
- Chapter 46 Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- Chapter 47 Lung Cancer
- Chapter 48 Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Disorders
Section Four Applied Sciences for Respiratory Care
- Chapter 49 Respiratory Care Research
- Chapter 50 Physical Principles
- Chapter 51 Chemistry for Respiratory Care
- Chapter 52 Respiratory Microbiology
- Chapter 53 Cardiopulmonary Anatomy and Physiology
- Chapter 54 Respiratory Pharmacology
Section Five The Respiratory Care Profession
- Chapter 55 History of the Respiratory Care Profession
- Chapter 56 Professional Organizations
- Chapter 57 Health Care Trends and Evolving Roles of Respiratory Therapists
- Chapter 58 Critical Thinking in Respiratory Care
- Chapter 59 Ethics of Health Care Delivery
- Chapter 60 Communication Skills
- Chapter 61 Healthcare Reimbursement
- Chapter 62 Evidence-Based Respiratory Care
About the Authors
Dean R. Hess, PhD, RRT, FAARC-Assistant Director of Respiratory Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Associate Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Editor-in-Chief, RESPIRATORY CARE
Dean Hess, PhD, RRT, FAARC is Assistant Director of Respiratory Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Associate Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. He has over 35 years of experience in respiratory care, including clinical, research, teaching, and administrative responsibilities. Since January, 2008, Dean Hess has been Editor-in-Chief of RESPIRATORY CARE, the official science journal of the American Association for Respiratory Care. He is on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Aerosol Medicine, International Anesthesiology Clinics, and Critical Care Alert. His research interests include aerosol delivery techniques, adult mechanical ventilation, and critical care monitoring. He is a Fellow of the American Association for Respiratory Care, the American College of Chest Physicians, and the Society of Critical Care Medicine. He has published over 200 papers and 7 books. His books have been translated to several from English to several foreign languages. He has had a high level of professional activity, including committee appointments with the American Association for Respiratory Care, the American College of Chest Physicians, the American Thoracic Society, the Society of Critical Care Medicine, and 2 years as President of the National Board for Respiratory Care. He has lectured extensively throughout the United States, as well as in Europe, Southeast Asia, Africa, and South America. He has received numerous awards including the Forrest M. Bird Award Lifetime Scientific Achievement; American Association for Respiratory Care Life Membership; American College of Chest Physicians Simon Rodbard Memorial Honor Lecture; Jimmy A. Young Medal, presented by the American Association for Respiratory Care, for meritorious service to the AARC and advancement of the respiratory care profession; Robert H. Miller, RRT, Award, presented annually by the National Board for Respiratory Care to a respiratory care practitioner who has unselfishly served the profession and been instrumental in its growth over a significant period of time; Shubin-Weil Master Clinician/Teaching Award presented by the Society of Critical Care Medicine. He has received teaching awards from the medical residents at the Massachusetts General Hospital and the Harvard Pulmonary and Critical Care fellowship program.
Neil R. MacIntyre, MD, FAARC-Professor of Medicine and Medical Director of Respiratory Care Services, Duke University Medical Center
Neil MacIntyre, MD is a native of Southern California but received his medical degree and internal medicine training at Cornell University in New York City. After three years of service as a US Navy flight surgeon at the Naval Aerospace Medical Research Lab in Pensacola FL, he returned to California for a pulmonary disease fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco. He was then recruited to the faculty at Duke University where he has spent the remainder of his career. At the present time, he is a Professor of Medicine (with tenure), Clinical Chief of the Pulmonary/Critical Care Division, and Medical Director of Respiratory Care Services. His research interests range from clinical pulmonary physiology to large scale randomized trials in COPD and acute respiratory failure. Currently he is on the Steering Committee of two large NIH multicenter trials: the Long Term Oxygen Trial (LOTT), and the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network (ARDSnet). To date he has over 200 peer reviewed articles and reviews, is the editor/co-editor of eight books, and is on the editorial board of five important journals. He is the past president of the American Lung Association of North Carolina, the National Association of Medical Directors of Respiratory Care, and the current Vice-Chair of the American Respiratory Care Foundation. Important honors include Alpha Omega Alpha, The Surgeon Generals Award for Aviation Medicine, the Forrest Bird Award for lifetime scientific achievement, and the Jimmy Young Medal from the American Association for Respiratory Care. He is listed both in “Best Doctors in America” and “Who’s Who in the World”.
Shelley C. Mishoe, PhD, RRT, FAARC-Associate Provost and Professor of Respiratory Therapy and Graduate Studies, Georgia Health Science University
Shelley C. Mishoe, PhD, RRT, FAARC, received a PhD in Adult Education from the University of Georgia, Athens, MEd in Education from Augusta State University, and BS in Respiratory Therapy from SUNY Upstate Medical University. At the present time, she is Associate Provost for Academic Strategic Initiatives, Professor of Respiratory Therapy, and Interim Director of the Center for Patient and Family Centered Care at Medical College of Georgia, Georgia’s Health Sciences University. She has held faculty positions at Chang Gung University in Taiwan, Capella University, Medical College of Georgia, and SUNY Upstate Medical University. Mishoe is Director, Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) for reaffirmation by SACSCOC since 2009; CoA Rep, Commission on Accreditation for Allied Health Professions (CAAHEP) since 2007; a Member of the Georgia Hospital Association; a member of the Editorial Board for RESPIRATORY CARE since 1994, and is a 2009-2010 Fellow of the American Council on Education (ACE) Fellows Program. Mishoe has a high level of professional activity, including past leadership appointments with Commission for Accreditation in Respiratory Care (CoARC), Committee for Accreditation in Respiratory Care (CoARC), Southern Association of Allied Health Deans at Academic Health Centers, Healthcare Education Accreditation Services Corporation, Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions, Lambda Beta National Honor Society, Southern Association of Allied Health Deans at AHC, House of Delegates - American Association for Respiratory Care, Committee for AARC House of Delegates Strategic Planning, Georgia Delegate to the AARC House of Delegates, and Georgia Society for Respiratory Care. She has authored/edited 18 books and chapters; over 60 original research studies, peer-reviewed research articles, case reports, editorials, book reviews, and abstracts; and has published more than 30 papers on shared governance, critical thinking, group process, decision making and problem based learning. She is a frequent presenter at international, national, regional and state meetings.
William F. Galvin, MSEd, RRT, CPFT, AE-C, FAARC-Assistant Professor, School of Allied Health Professions, Assistant Professor, School of Allied Health Professions, Director of Respiratory Care Program, Administrative and Teaching Faculty, TIPS Program, Gwynedd-Mercy College
William F. Galvin is an Assistant Professor for the School of Allied Health Professions, Program Director for the Respiratory Care Program and a member of the teaching and administrative faculty for the TIPS (Teacher Improvement Project System) Program at Gwynedd-MercyCollege. He has been a respiratory therapist for over 35 years and been on faculty at GMC since December of 1981 where he first served as Director of Clinical Education for two years before becoming the Director of the Respiratory Care Program in 1983. He holds an administrative and teaching faculty position for the TIPS Program (Teacher Improvement Project System), a national program designed to prepare practicing health care professionals to assume roles as clinical and classroom teachers. Additionally, he teaches in the Center for Life Long Learning and in the Bachelors of Health Science Degree Program. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in political science from La SalleCollege and his Master’s degree in Education (with a concentration in Health) from St. Joseph’s University. He is a registered and certified respiratory therapist, certified pulmonary function technologist and certified asthma educator. He has significant publishing experience. He has provided numerous article reviews, abstracts, and contributing chapters for such publishing companies as; Springhouse Corporation, Delmar/ Cengage Learning, FA Davis, CV Mosby, Williams and Wilkins, W B Saunders/ Elsevier, and Jones and Bartlett Learning. He has presented at the local, state and national level on topics such as communication skills, wellness, health promotion, disease prevention, patient education, interviewing and assessment skills, programmatic and regional accreditation, outcome assessment, recruitment and retention, and a variety of student survival topics and concepts related to the art of teaching and learning. He has served as a guest presenter for the AARC’s EducatorAcademy, the AARC Asthma Educator Certification Course and most recently the AARC COPD Educator Course. He has served on countless professional and college-level boards and committees and is the recipient of numerous awards and honors. In 1996 the AARC distinguished him with the honor of life membership and in 2005 he was inducted into the AARC Fellowship Program and was the recipient of the Education Section Practitioner of the Year Award.
Alexander B. Adams, MPH, RRT, FAARC-Research Associate in Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Regions Hospital, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School
Alex Adams, RRT, CRTT, CPFT, RCP, FAARC received a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Minnesota, and a Master of Public Health – Epidemiology from the University of Minnesota. At the present time, he is a Research Associate for the Pulmonary/Critical Care Research Laboratory at Regions Hospital/Healthpartners Research Foundation. Previously, Adams has held positions as a Clinical Coordinator of Respiratory Care Program at St. Paul Technical College, Supervisor of Respiratory Care and Monitoring Service at St. Paul Ramsey Medical Center, and Director of CardioPulmonary Services and Technical Director - Prolonged Respiratory Care Unit at HealthEast.
Currently, Adams is a member of the Respiratory Care Advisory Council for the Board of Medical Examiners and has held this post for 12 consecutive years. He is also a member of the Minnesota Society for Respiratory Care and has held various positions including President, Vice President, Delegate, State Health Service Occupational Advisory Council, and Judicial Committee. Over a time span of 30 years, Adams has held numerous long term appointments with the American Association for Respiratory Care - House of Delegates, Public Health Policy Committee, Publications Committee, House Publications, Special Membership, and Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee, and was an AARC Board member, as well as Chairman of AARC’s Acute Care Section. Adams has been on the Editorial Board for Respiratory Care Journal and a reviewer for the following journals: Respiratory Care, Critical Care Medicine, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, and Chest. To date he has authored/edited over 60 publications, numerous invited articles in respiratory care journals, and contributed several chapters in a variety of respiratory care publications.
Product Details
- Hardcover: 1392 pages
- Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning; 2 edition (2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 076376003X
- ISBN-13: 978-0763760038
- Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.7 x 2.5 inches
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