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List 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
About the author
Jim Cairo is the Dean of the School of Allied Health Professions, and Professor of Cardiopulmonary Science, Physiology and Anesthesiology at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. He has been teaching for over 30 years and is also the author of Elsevier's Pilbeam's Mechanical Ventilation.
