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List of contents
Preface. Acknowledgments. CHAPTER ONE: Patient Assessment. CHAPTER TWO: Interpreting Orders. CHAPTER THREE: Recommending Treatment. CHAPTER FOUR: Mechanical Ventilation. CHAPTER FIVE: Ventilator Management. CHAPTER SIX: Clinical Situations. CHAPTER SEVEN: Extended Clinical Situations. CHAPTER EIGHT: Exercises. APPENDIX - RATIONALES: Chapter 1. Chapter 2. Chapter 3. Chapter 4. Chapter 5. Chapter 6. Chapter 7. Chapter 8. References.
About the author
William A. French, MA, RRT, is the Director of Clinical Education at Lakeland Community College in Mentor, Ohio..
Summary
This comprehensive text presents readers with a broad range of cases scenarios in respiratory care that help develop important critical thinking skills in information gathering and decision-making. Readers are exposed to the real-life ethical dilemmas confronting medical workers in today's more technologically advanced health care environment, including treatment of the terminally ill. In addition, readers are exposed to a variety of medical laboratory tests and practices in the different settings they are likely to encounter in respiratory care. This second edition text includes not only the important skills and practices required in respiratory care, but also the challenging dilemmas health care workers face on the job.
