F.A. Davis Company

Rely on this best-selling laboratory manual to provide the hands-on practice you need to confidently perform the most common to complex respiratory procedures for class and clinical. Step-by-step instructions with detailed diagrams and illustrations seamlessly guide you through every procedure.

Completely revised and updated, the 3rd Edition reflects the latest technologies and standards of care, including the most current respiratory equipment. Plus, you’ll enhance your skills with 10 new procedure videos—online at DavisPlus—demonstrating how to perform advanced respiratory procedures.

• 86 Procedural Competency Evaluation Forms to help you assess your progress (in the book and online at DavisPlus.)
• 46 lab exercises with handy tools to guide you every step of the way…
  • Learning objectives
  • Key terms
  • List of required equipment
  • Step-by-step instructions to perform laboratory and troubleshooting exercises
  • Related readings
  • Generic equipment discussions
• Crucial coverage of…
  • Communication and Cultural Diversity in Health Care
  • Phlebotomy
  • IV Insertion and Maintenance
  • Chest Tube Drainage Systems
  • Bronchoscopy Assisting
  • Respiratory Care in Alternate Settings
  • And more!
• Case studies helping you to integrate theory and practice and enhance your critical-thinking skills.
• Coverage of home and alternative site care as well as care for newborn, infant, and pediatric patients.
• More than 270 figures illustrating step-by-step instructions.

1. Laboratory and Clinical Safety
2. Communication and Cultural Diversity in Health Care
3. Infection Control
4. Sterilization and Disinfection
5. Medical Record
6. Patient Assessment: Basic Skills Vital Signs
7. Patient Assessment: Advanced Skills
8. Bedside Assessment of Pulmonary Mechanics
9. Oxygen Supply Systems
10. Oxygen Analysis
11. Oxygen Therapy Administration
12. Humidity Devices
13. Aerosol Generators
14. Cardiopulmonary Pharmacology Review
15. Aerosol and Medication Therapy
16. Hyperinflation Therapy Techniques
17. Bronchial Hygiene: Chest Physiotherapy
18. Adjunct Techniques for Bronchial Hygiene
19. Manual Resuscitators and Manual Ventilation
20. Pharyngeal Airways
21. Suctioning
22. Endotracheal Intubation
23. Tracheostomy Care
24. Artificial Airway Care and Maintenance
25. Noninvasive Blood Gas Monitoring
26. Arterial Blood Gas Sampling
27. Arterial Blood Gas Analysis and Maintenance
28. Blood Gas Interpretation and Calculations
29. Basic Chest X Ray Interpretation
30. Pulmonary Function Testing
31. Electrocardiography
32. Hemodynamic Monitoring
33. Phlebotomy
34. Intravenous Insertion and Maintenance
35. Chest Tube Drainage Systems
36. Bronchoscopy Assisting
37. Noninvasive Ventilation
38. Pressure Ventilators
39. Continuous Mechanical Ventilation
40. Ventilator Modes
41. Ventilator Initiation
42. Patient Ventilator System Care and Maintenance
43. Discontinuation of Mechanical Ventilation
44. Neonatal/Pediatric Respiratory Care
45. Neonatal/Pediatric Ventilation
46. Respiratory Care in Alternate Settings

1. Normal and Critical Values, Formulas and Rules of Thumb
2. Glossary

• UPDATED! Chapters reorganized into three major content areas: Therapeutics, Diagnostic and Special Procedures, and Ventilation to help you easily understand similar topics.
• UPDATED! Photographs of the most current respiratory equipment.
• UPDATED! Critical-thinking questions in every chapter to enhance your ability to think through important clinical decisions.
• NEW! 10 procedure videos—online at DavisPlus—demonstrating how to perform complex respiratory procedures with state-of-the-art equipment.
• UPDATED! Coverage of ventilator modes and spirometry reflects the latest ATS/ERS recommendations
• NEW! Content on point-of-care blood gas analysis and the use of a T-piece resuscitator in neonatal care.