CARE EQUIPMENT 11TH EDITION BY JAMES M.
CAIRO
Description
The most clinically relevant respiratory care equipment textbook on the market, Mosby’s Respiratory
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ki* Care Equipment, 10th Edition employs a "how-to" approach that moves beyond technical
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ki* descriptions of machinery. Learn to identify equipment, understand how it works, and apply your
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ki* knowledge to clinical practice with this comprehensive overview of the equipment and techniques
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ki* used by respiratory therapists to treat cardiopulmonary dysfunction. The 10th edition includes
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ki* updated information on the latest devices and equipment, which are divided into clearly defined
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sections including: ventilators, transport, home-care,neonatal and pediatric ventilators, and alternative
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ki* ventilators. In addition, there’s a focus on specific ventilator characteristics such as mode, monitors
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ki* and displays, alarms and indicators, graphics, special features, and troubleshooting for lesser-used
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ki* ventilators.
Table of Contents ki* ki*
I. Introduction
1. Basic Physics for the Respiratory Therapist
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,2. Principles of Infection Control
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3. Introduction to Ventilators
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II. Medical Gases
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4. Manufacture, Storage, and Transport of Medical Gases
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5. Administering Medical Gases: Regulators, Flowmeters, and Controlling Devices
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6. Humidity and Aerosol Therapy
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,III. Assessment
7. Assessment of Pulmonary Function
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8. Assessment of Cardiovascular Function
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9. Blood Gas Monitoring
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IV. Devices
10. Lung Expansion Devices
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11. Mechanical Ventilators: General-Use Devices
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12. Infant/Pediatric Ventilators ki*
13. Home-Care, Transport Devices, Alternative Devices
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V. Critical Care and Other Therapies
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14. Airway Management Devices and ACLS
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15. Sleep Diagnostics
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, Chapter 01: Basic Physics for the Respiratory Therapist
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MULTIPLE CHOICE ki*
1. Power is a measure of which of the following?
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a. Mechanical energy ki*
b. Gravitational potential energy ki* ki*
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Power is a measure of the rate at which work is being performed. The formula P = W/J,
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whereW = watts and 1 watt is equal to 1 J/s, expresses this. Joules are the international
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standard for expressing energy and work.
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2. When effort produces a change in the position of matter:
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a. work is performed. ki* ki*
b. it is known as a joule.
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c. mechanical power is created. ki* ki* ki*
d. the law of the conservation of energy is being used.
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Work is performed only when effort or outside forces produce a change in the position
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ofmatter.
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3. The unit used to express the force of 1 newton (N) acting on a 1-kilogram (kg) object to
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ki* moveit 1 meter (m) is which of the following?
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a. Watt c. Kilowatt
b. Joule d. Kinetic energy k i * ki*
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One joule is equal to the force of 1 N acting on 1 kg. A watt is equivalent to 1 J/s. A
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kilowatt issimply 1000 W. Kinetic energy is energy an object possesses when it is in
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motion.
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4. Power is expressed in which of the following units?
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a. Newtons c. Ohms
b. Joules d. Watts ki* ki* k i*
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Power is a measure of the rate at which work is being performed. Energy and work are
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measured in joules. One joule is the force of 1 N acting on a 1-kg object to move it 1 m.
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Ohmsis the resistance an electrical circuit possesses.
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