Respiratory Care: Principle and Practice

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Section I: The Respiratory Care Profession : History of
Respiratory Care, Professional Organizations, Health Care Trends
and the Evolving Role of the Respiratory Care Professional,
Critical Thinking and Problem Based Learning, Ethics of
Healthcare Delivery, Communication Skills, Decision Making and
the Role of a Consultant, Patient Education, Documentation and
Information Management, Assessing Outcomes, Health Care
Reimbursement, Interpreting the Literature. Section II: Applied
Sciences for Respiratory Care: Mathematical Aspects of
Respiratory Therapeutics and Diagnostics, Physical Principles of
Respiratory Therapeutics and Diagnostics, Chemistry,
Microbiology and Infection Control, Anatomy and Physiology,
Pharmacology of Respiratory Therapeutics. Section III:
Assessment of the Patient with Respiratory Impairment : History
and Physical Exam, Blood Chemistry and Hematology, Blood Gases,
Nutritional Assessment, Cardiac Assessment, Chest Radiology,
Pulmonary Function Testing, Hemodynamics and Gas Exchange
Monitoring, Exercise Assessment, Bronchoscopy, Sleep Assessment,
Respiratory Pattern Monitoring (Apnea Monitoring). Section IV:
Respiratory Therapeutics, Medical Gases: Production, Storage and
Delivery, Oxygen Therapy: Management and Administration,
Hyperbaric Oxygen, Humidity and Aerosol Therapy, Secretion
Clearance, Airway Management, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation,
Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Mechanical Ventilators: Classification
and Principles of Operation, Mechanical Ventilation in Adult and
Pediatric Patients, Mechanical Ventilation in the Neonate,
Mechanical Ventilation in Alternative Care Sites, Non-Invasive
Ventilation and CPAP, Non-Conventional Respiratory Therapeutics.
Section V: Respiratory Disease Management, Principles of Disease
Management, Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease,
Interstitial Lung Disease, Pulmonary Vascular Disease,
Pneumonia, Cystic Fibrosis, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome,
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure of the Neonate, Disease
Management - Post-Operative Respiratory Failure, Cardiac
Failure, Chest Trauma, Burn and Inhalation Injuries,
Neuromuscular Disease, Sleep Disordered Breathing, Lung Cancer
Appendices