Mosby's Respiratory Care Equipment

• Excerpts of Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) - statements of care developed by the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) - are included to show applications of the equipment to patient care by highlighting indications/contraindications, hazards and complications, assessment of need, assessment of outcome, and monitoring.
• More relevant historical information is provided in unique Historical Notes boxes that detail the history of respiratory care equipment.
• The unique clinical approach goes beyond a mere technical description of the various pieces of equipment to help readers identify equipment, understand how it works, and apply this information in clinical practice.
• Ventilators are organized by application area rather than by manufacturer, making the book even more clinically useful.
• The Physiology of Sleep chapter (Chapter 15) discusses polysomnography and the effect of sleep and sleep disorders on cardiopulmonary function.
• A unique, two-color design makes the book more user-friendly and emphasizes special features.
• Pedagogical features such as chapter outlines, introductions and summaries, learning objectives, and key terms are provided in each chapter to reinforce the material and help students identify important points.
• All key terms are listed in a glossary at the end of the book so readers can easily find definitions for new terms presented in the text.

• A new chapter on Cardiovascular Diagnostic Testing highlights areas such as cardiovascular monitoring, ECG, and hemodynamics, explaining equipment as well as the relevant physiology.
• The chapter on Infection Control is placed earlier in the textbook to better reflect the way most instructors teach the subject.
• Content on noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) has been added to the chapter on Transport, Home Care, and Alternative Devices (Chapter 14).
• Coverage of bronchoscopy has been added to the chapter on Airway Management (Chapter 6) so readers can explore the specifics of this important assessment technique.
• More NBRC-type review questions have been added so that every chapter now contains at least 20 review questions reflecting the types of questions and amount of coverage on the board exams.
• Critical-thinking questions are included to further reflect the book's clinical focus.
• More Clinical Rounds (previously entitled Decision Making & Problem-Solving boxes) have been added, containing problems that may be encountered during actual use of equipment. Suggested answers are included in the appendices.

Very definitely equipment oriented and should not be the only reference for the details of mechanical ventilation.

Fabulous for the beginning RT student who is just trying to grasp the principles behind mechanical ventilation without plunging immediately into the management of the ventilator itself. Great for the familiarization of the controls of the ventilators (large diagrams of the keypad layouts came in handy and were good for practice.)

Contains good clear concise information on other aspects of respiratory care, including snippets on pulmonary function tests and medical gases.

Also a great price for a giant hardcover book such as this. But it bears repeating that this should not be your ONLY reference with regards to ventilation.


Really difficult to read   July 5, 2000
Lisa Nowaczyk (Calumet City, Illinois United States)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

I think this book would be great for Registered or Certified therapists, but as a student, myself and my classmates found this to be difficult reading. We think at the student level, the techniques to therapies and how it affects the patient is more important than the mechanical parts of the machines we use. I liked the Pilbeam mechanical Ventilation book much, much more.