Workbook for Egan''s Fundamentals of Respiratory Care

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Reinforce your understanding of the concepts and skills described in Egan’s Fundamentals of Respiratory Care, 12th Edition! With chapters corresponding to the chapters inEgan’s market-leading textbook, this workbook prepares you to succeed on certification exams with NBRC-style, case study application, and analysis-style questions. This edition includes two new chapters plus a wide range of activities and exercises to guide you through difficult concepts.

• Word Wizard helps you remember the terminology used in respiratory care.
• Key points identify the main concepts to remember in each chapter.
• Meet the Objectives lets you assess your understanding of the key content in each chapter.
• Case studies let you apply assessment and intervention strategies, and help you practice critical thinking.
• What Does the NBRC Say? summarizes the expectations of the NBRC (National Board for Respiratory Care) and provides a sampling of NBRC-style, multiple-choice questions to help students prepare for the certification exam.
• Food for Thought provides thought-provoking questions related to respiratory care topics.
• Exercises in each chapter offer hands-on learning with a wide range of activities.

I: Foundations of Respiratory Care
1. History of Respiratory Care 
2. The Profession of Respiratory Care
3. Quality, Patient Safety, and Communication, and Recordkeeping 
4. Principles of Infection Prevention and Control 
5. Ethical and Legal Implications of Practice 
6. Physical Principles of Respiratory Care  
7. E-Medicine in Respiratory Care  
8. Fundamentals of Respiratory Care Research 
II: Applied Anatomy and Physiology
9. The Respiratory System 
10. The Cardiovascular System 
11. Ventilation 
12. Gas Exchange and Transport 
13. Solutions, Body Fluids, and Electrolytes 
14. Acid-Base Balance 
15. Regulation of Breathing 
III: Assessment of Respiratory Disorders
16. Bedside Assessment of the Patient 
17. Interpreting Clinical and Laboratory Data 
18. Interpreting the Electrocardiogram 
19. Analysis and Monitoring of Gas Exchange 
20. Pulmonary Function Testing 
21. Review of Thoracic Imaging 
22. Flexible Bronchoscopy and the Respiratory Therapist
23. Nutrition Assessment 
IV: Review of Cardiopulmonary Disease
24. Pulmonary Infections 
25. Obstructive Lung Disease: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Asthma, and Related Diseases 
26. Interstitial Lung Disease 
27. Pleural Diseases 
28. Pulmonary Vascular Disease 
29. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)  
30. Respiratory Management of Trauma, Obesity, Near Drowning, and Burns 
31. Heart Failure NEW!
32. Lung Cancer 
33. Neuromuscular and Other Diseases of the Chest Wall 
34. Disorders of Sleep 
35. Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Disorders 
V: Basic Therapeutics
36. Airway Pharmacology 
37. Airway Management 
38. Emergency Cardiovascular Life Support 
39. Humidity and Bland Aerosol Therapy 
40. Aerosol Drug Therapy 
41. Storage and Delivery of Medical Gases 
42. Medical Gas Therapy 
43. Lung Expansion Therapy 
44. Airway Clearance Therapy (ACT) 
VI: Acute and Critical Care
45. Respiratory Failure and the Need for Ventilatory Support
46. Mechanical Ventilators 
47. Physiology of Ventilatory Support 
48. Patient-Ventilator Interaction 
49. Initiating and Adjusting Invasive Ventilatory Support 
50. Noninvasive Ventilation 
51. Extracorporeal Life Support (ECLS) 
52. Monitoring the Patient in the Intensive Care Unit 
53. Discontinuing Ventilatory Support 
54. Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care 
VII: Patient Education and Long-Term Care
55. Patient Education and Health Promotion 
56. Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation 
57. Respiratory Care in Alternative Settings 
58. Ethics and End-of-Life Care NEW!
Glossary
Index