Egan's Fundamentals of Respiratory Care
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By: Robert L. Wilkins, James K. Stoller and Robert M. Kacmarek
Format: Hardcover
From: Mosby
Pub. Date: December 2007
From: Mosby
Pub. Date: December 2007
Product Details:
Catalog: Book
Release Date: 2008-01-17
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Pages: 1408
Ean: 9780323036573
Isbn: 0323036570
Catalog: Book
Release Date: 2008-01-17
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Pages: 1408
Ean: 9780323036573
Isbn: 0323036570
ABOUT THE BOOK
EDITORIAL REVIEW
A leader in respiratory care education for more than 35 years, this comprehensive textbook lays a strong foundation for a successful career. You'll gain a thorough understanding of the role of respiratory therapists (RTs), a scientific basis for treatment, and clinical applications. In-depth discussions progress from the principles of respiratory care to applied anatomy and physiology, assessment, discussion of specific respiratory illnesses, basic therapy, acute and critical care, and preventive and long-term care. Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) and Therapist Driven Protocols (TDPs) in appropriate chapters familiarize you with patient care guidelines and decision trees as they are used in practice.
- A full-color format makes the text easier to read and brings out key detail in the illustrations.
- Mini-Clinis provide short vignettes applying content in the text to actual patient care, asking you to think critically on problems you may encounter.
- Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) cover the steps of patient care with important information on indications/contraindications, hazards and complications, assessment of need, assessment of outcome, and monitoring.
- Therapist-Driven Protocols (TDPs) provide decision trees developed by hospitals, helping you to assess patients, initiate care, and evaluate outcomes.
- Rules of Thumb highlights rules, formulas, and key points important to clinical practice.
- Measurable Learning Objectives parallel the areas tested by the NBRC exam, helping you identify important information that goes beyond memorization and recall.
- Key Point summaries in bulleted format help you clearly identify key concepts covered in each chapter.
- A Workbook includes a wide range of activities such as NBRC-type multiple-choice questions, case studies, experiments, and hands-on activities, allowing you to apply the knowledge you've gained from the text.
- New History of Respiratory Care chapter describes the evolution and challenges of this profession.
- Updated content reflects changes in the field, with additions to the text including:
- More coverage of evidence-based care
- Information on HIPAA
- A discussion of computer applications in a health care setting
- An emphasis on how nutrition impacts the respiratory system
- The role of the respiratory therapist in disease management is discussed in the Cardiopulmonary Diseases section.
- A new appendix cross-references the NBRC examination matrices for the CRT and RRT to content in the book, making it easier to prepare for the NBRC exams.
- New editor Robert Kacmarek, a well-known figure in respiratory care, has joined Robert Wilkins and James Stoller.
USER REVIEWS
"I had to buy Egan's when I was in respiratory school. I barely cracked the book and it mostly sat around my apartment collecting dust. That said, I passed both of my exams (CRT and RRT) with no problems on my first attempts. This was such a waste of money. Everytime I tried to read it I fell asleep. It is drier than dust. "
~ Written on 2008-07-16
~ Written on 2008-07-16
"If you were to add a chapter on anything that may be perceived as missing, you will turn this already massive chunk of wood into something the size of a CPU. I already hate lugging it around. The only way to improve on the size is to split the material into sections sell it as a similarly priced hard or soft cover set. Then we can add the chapter on TB, sure. Knowing my instructors they'd all be coming to class every day anyways. My only complaint is the weight.
The content is direct, concise, not overly boring, understandable even when this was new and after a couple of years, I'm glad I have the reference still. The order and organization is not what I would have chosen. I knew people who cut the thing up in sections and carried chapters/sections around in report folders... It is BIG. But it is the best. The only other basic reference/text on the subject out there that even compares is Kacmarek's Essentials, it's smaller... LOL. Kacmarek is actually co-writer of the new 2008 Egans.
I would definitely be interested in any new publications by these authors solely on manifestation/process of respiratory disease. That has potential!
Thanks for reading my review!
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~ Written on 2008-05-01
The content is direct, concise, not overly boring, understandable even when this was new and after a couple of years, I'm glad I have the reference still. The order and organization is not what I would have chosen. I knew people who cut the thing up in sections and carried chapters/sections around in report folders... It is BIG. But it is the best. The only other basic reference/text on the subject out there that even compares is Kacmarek's Essentials, it's smaller... LOL. Kacmarek is actually co-writer of the new 2008 Egans.
I would definitely be interested in any new publications by these authors solely on manifestation/process of respiratory disease. That has potential!
Thanks for reading my review!
"
~ Written on 2008-05-01
"Egan's has always had a lot of information in it on respiratory care, but it's very hard to understand for someone just coming into the respiratory field. When I can't find something somewhere else, I go to Egan's. The only problem is that I have to translate it into normal English before I fully understand."
~ Written on 2008-04-04
~ Written on 2008-04-04
"You must have it and keep it forever, it has diseases, pharmacology, equipment, procedures, everything!"
~ Written on 2007-12-01
~ Written on 2007-12-01
"I don't know why so many people rate this book so highly.
We had to buy it when we were RT students, but it was not that helpful. It is a reference for people who already understand the concepts. As a textbook for learning, it is really bad. The way it is written, you wonder of the writer has a pulse. It is so dry, with no attempt to make the reader understand the concepts behind the voluminous information. Without comprehension, you are sure to quickly forget the dry data presented. It was not used much by our class, yet every one of us was required to have this massive book in our backpack, in addition to many others books. This is a heavy book. A single Egan's that stayed in the classroom and that was available to the students would have been enough.
You want the greatest respiratory care textbook ever written? Get Clinical Practice in Respiratory Care by James B. Fink and Gerald E. Hunt. Gerald Hunt was one of the respiratory care teachers at Butte College, in Oroville, CA, where I graduated from. Unfortunately he left just before I entered the program, but his knowledge was legendary. After he left he finished this textbook. I read his textbook, cover to cover, a few years after I graduated. Wow. I wish we had this book when I was a student. When I am king, this will be the main textbook in all respiratory care programs. "
~ Written on 2006-12-17
We had to buy it when we were RT students, but it was not that helpful. It is a reference for people who already understand the concepts. As a textbook for learning, it is really bad. The way it is written, you wonder of the writer has a pulse. It is so dry, with no attempt to make the reader understand the concepts behind the voluminous information. Without comprehension, you are sure to quickly forget the dry data presented. It was not used much by our class, yet every one of us was required to have this massive book in our backpack, in addition to many others books. This is a heavy book. A single Egan's that stayed in the classroom and that was available to the students would have been enough.
You want the greatest respiratory care textbook ever written? Get Clinical Practice in Respiratory Care by James B. Fink and Gerald E. Hunt. Gerald Hunt was one of the respiratory care teachers at Butte College, in Oroville, CA, where I graduated from. Unfortunately he left just before I entered the program, but his knowledge was legendary. After he left he finished this textbook. I read his textbook, cover to cover, a few years after I graduated. Wow. I wish we had this book when I was a student. When I am king, this will be the main textbook in all respiratory care programs. "
~ Written on 2006-12-17