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Description
The most clinically relevant respiratory care equipment textbook on the market, Mosby’s Respiratory
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Care Equipment, 10th Edition employs a "how-to" approach that moves beyond technical
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gg descriptions of machinery. Learn to identify equipment, understand how it works, and apply your
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gg knowledge to clinical practice with this comprehensive overview of the equipment and techniques
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gg used by respiratory therapists to treat cardiopulmonary dysfunction. The 10th edition includes
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gg 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
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gg alternative ventilators. In addition, there’s a focus on specific ventilator characteristics such as
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gg mode, monitors and displays, alarms and indicators, graphics, special features, and troubleshooting
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gg for lesser-used ventilators.
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Table of Contents gg gg
I. Introduction
1. Basic Physics for the Respiratory Therapist
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2. Principles of Infection Control gg gg gg
3. Introduction to Ventilators gg gg
II. Medical Gases gg
4. Manufacture, Storage, and Transport of Medical Gases gg gg gg gg gg gg
5. Administering Medical Gases: Regulators, Flowmeters, and Controlling Devices
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6. Humidity and Aerosol Therapy gg gg gg
,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 gg
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 gg
1. Power is a measure of which of the following?
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a. Mechanical energy gg
b. Gravitational potential energy gg gg
c. The rate at which work is being performed
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d. The rate at which atoms and molecules move
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ANS: g g C
Power is a measure of the rate at which work is being performed. The formula P = W/J,
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where W = watts and 1 watt is equal to 1 J/s, expresses this. Joules are the
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international 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. gg gg
b. it is known as a joule.
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c. mechanical power is created. gg gg gg
d. the law of the conservation of energy is being used.
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ANS: g g A
Work is performed only when effort or outside forces produce a change in the position of
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matter.
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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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gg move it 1 meter (m) is which of the following?
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a. Watt c. Kilowatt
b. Joule d. Kinetic energy g g g g gg
ANS: g g B
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 is simply 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 g g g g
ANS: g g D
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
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m. Ohms is the resistance an electrical circuit possesses.
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