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Equipment, 11th Edition
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by J. M. Cairo Chapters 1 - 15
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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 descriptions of
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machinery. Learn to identify equipment, understand how it works, and apply your knowledge to clinical
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practice with this comprehensive overview of the equipment and techniques used by respiratory therapists to
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treat cardiopulmonary dysfunction. The 10th edition includes updated information on the latest devices and
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equipment, which are divided into clearlydefined sections including: ventilators, transport, home-care,neonatal
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and pediatric ventilators, and alternative ventilators. In addition, there’s a focus on specific ventilator
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characteristics such as mode, monitors and displays, alarms and indicators, graphics, special features, and
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troubleshooting for lesser-used ventilators.
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Table of Contents
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I. Introduction
1. Basic Physics for the Respiratory Therapist
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2. Principles of Infection Control b b b
3. Introduction to Ventilators b b
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4. Manufacture, Storage, and Transport of Medical Gases b b b b b b
5. Administering Medical Gases: Regulators, Flowmeters, and Controlling Devices b b b b b b b
6. Humidity and Aerosol Therapy b b b
,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 b
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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MULTIPLECHOICE b
1. Power is a measure of which of the following?
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a. Mechanical energy b
b. Gravitational potential energy b b
c. The rate at which work is being performedb b b b b b b
d. The rate at which atoms and molecules move
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ANSWER: C b
Power is a measure of the rate at which work is being performed. The formula P = W/J, whereW =
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bwatts and 1 watt is equal to 1 J/s, expresses this. Joules are the international standard for expressing
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benergy and work. b b
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2. When effort produces a change in the position of matter:
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a. work is performed. b b
b. it is known as a joule.
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c. mechanical power is created. b b b
d. the law of the conservation of energy is being used.
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ANSWER: A b
Work is performed only when effort or outside forces produce a change in the position 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 moveit 1
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bmeter (m) is which of the following?
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a. Watt c. Kilowatt
b. Joule d. Kinetic energy b b
ANSWER: B b
One joule is equal to the force of 1 N acting on 1 kg. Awatt is equivalent to 1 J/s.Akilowatt issimply
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1000 W. Kinetic energy is energy an object possesses when it is in motion.
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