Oakes' Ventilator Management: A Bedside Reference Guide

Oakes, Dana F.

ISBN 10: 0932887198 ISBN 13: 9780932887191

Publisher: RespiratoryBooks.com, 2002

Synopsis

(Respiratory Books) VA Medical Center of Washington, D.C. Pocket-sized quick-reference guide to patient-ventilator management. Addresses mechanical ventilator capabilities and limitations, strategic clinical applications, physiological effects, and matching of management strategies to the changing needs of patients. Tabular format. Binder with looseleaf pages.

About this title

About the Author:

Dana Oakes, BA, RRT-NPS. Mr. Oakes is currently an Educational Consultant and was formerly Director of Respiratory Care, VA Medical Center, Washington, D.C.; Educational Coordinator/Instructor, Respiratory Care Department, Children's Hospital National Medical Center, Washington, D.C.; and Director of Clinical Education, Respiratory Care Program, Columbia Union College, Takoma Park, MD. Mr. Oakes has been in the Respiratory field for over 28 years and has over 14 years of teaching experience including one-, two-, and four-year advanced Respiratory Care programs. Sean Shortall, RRT-NPS, RPFT. Sean is the Clinical Educator of Respiratory Medicine Department at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, ME. He formerly worked as a respiratory care practitioner and critical care educator at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH. He has been in the Respiratory field for over 21 years, has co-authored several respiratory articles in national respiratory and nursing journals, and speaks frequently in the U.S. and Canada on Advances in Mechanical Ventilation.

About this edition

• Publisher: RespiratoryBooks.com
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0932887198
• ISBN 13: 9780932887191
• Binding: Ring-bound
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 312