Mechanical Ventilation: . [With Access Code]

By David Shelledy and Jay I. Peters

Mechanical Ventilation is a comprehensive guide to the evaluation and management of critically ill patients requiring mechanical ventilatory support. This new text helps respiratory care students and clinicians alike bridge the gap between theory and practice as they strive to provide the very best care for patients. Aimed at developing advanced practice and critical care respiratory therapists, the text covers key concepts, techniques, and procedures for providing safe and effective mechanical ventilation. Readers will learn to apply assessment skills to evaluate patients in impending or actual respiratory failure. After studying indications for mechanical ventilation, they will learn how to initiate mechanical ventilator support, adjust ventilation to keep patients stabilized, monitor patients over time, and discontinue ventilator support.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1284125939
• ISBN13: 9781284125931
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
• Length: 700 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.4" x 10.8"