A concise view of world history, focusing on major conflicts between powerful cultures from primitive to modern times

Product Description: A comprehensive and well-organized examination of respiration in health and disease. Contains information on infectious diseases and immunological function, respiratory drugs, care of the airway, mechanical ventilation, and assessment and monitoring of the clinical status...read more

Product Description: This workbook enhances the reader's understanding and application of the principles of cardiopulmonary anatomy and physiology as presented in the text. The workbook exercises include labeling, fill in the blank, matching, term definition, and short answer problems...read more

The second edition of this reader friendly text remains as the only one in its field describing how to assemble and troubleshoot the equipment used in the field of respiratory care. The book concentrates on the theory behind the various types of equipment and includes rationales that explain the necessity and function of the equipment in practice.

Product Description: Measuring pulmonary function is easier with this clearly-written "how-to" manual. Each chapter describes and discusses common methods of assessment, prsenting brief historical perspectives and background, and relevant physiology in straight-forward, practical terms...read more

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Product Description: Presented in outline format, this combination study guide and workbook is designed to prepare the individual for the Advanced Practitioner Registry Exam offered by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC). Based on the examination matrix provided by the NBRC, the text prepares the reader for both the written and clinical simulation exams...read more

This is a reference on mechanical ventilation edited and written by practitioners. The book presents comprehensive coverage of the latest advances in the delivery of ventilator support to critically ill patients and describes the clinical management of virtually all disease states encountered in practice. The book aims to help physicians integrate new technologies with practical guidelines for patient support.

Product Description: For one-semester Introduction to Astronomy courses.The authors incorporate three themes in the briefer of their two textbooks; process of science (how we know what we know), the size and scale of the universe as well as the evolution of the universe...read more

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Product Description: An all-encompassing treatment and exhaustive review of the 1993 revised National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) Advanced Practitioner Exam Matrix, designed primarily to help candidates successfully prepare for the exam.

Product Description: ENTRY LEVEL EXAM REVIEW FOR RESPIRATORY CARE 3rd edition prepares the student for the National Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC) licensing exam in 2 ways: through an exhaustive review of the 2009 matrix including full-length, pre and post exams, numerous analyses referenced to the AARC Clinical Practice Guidelines, and by allowing the student to create a personalized study plan to maximize study time...read more

Product Description: Designed to accompany PERINATAL AND PEDIATRIC RESPIRATORY CARE, this helpful workbook contains case studies, practice activities, and laboratory activities. Each chapter begins with a self-evaluation pre-test and ends with a post-test, enabling the student to build skills and chart progress...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The clinical handbook follows the content of PERINATAL AND PEDIATRIC RESPIRATORY CARE and is pocket sized for easy access. Divided into neonatal and pediatric sections, the handbook includes material on assessment techniques, mechanical ventilation, drug dosages and calculations, NALS and PALS criteria, transport information, and more...read more

Product Description: 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...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Now students can hear the sounds they're studying by listening to an audio-cassette included with the book. 29 breath sounds (including neonatal and pediatric examples) have been recorded from actual patients via a stethoscope for added realism. The book addresses the principles of sound generation and analysis, from anatomy and physiology to the equipment used in interpreting lung sounds. Case studies are presented to connect the principles to the real-life practice of lung sound interpretation. (To receive the text with an audio compact disc instead of an audio cassette, please order ISBN 0-8151-9417-X.)

Book by Wilkins, Robert L.