Oakes' Clinical Practitioners Pocket Guide to Respiratory Care, 6th Edition

Dana F. Oakes

ISBN 10: 0932887201 ISBN 13: 9780932887207

Publisher: RespiratoryBooks.com, 2004

Synopsis

As the #1 selling book in respiratory care pocket guides for over 20 years, this completely updated small ring binder is THE comprehensive resource in bedside respiratory care. Accurate information allows fingertip access to TODAY'S gold standards in evidence-based respiratory medicine. Students have found this an invaluable source for not only surviving respiratory classes, but conquering the information in preparation for CRT and RRT credentialing exams. Then, professionals, including therapists and managers, have found Oakes Clinical Practitioner s Pocket Guide to Respiratory Care to be a critical bedside tool. It covers all the fundamentals, including bedside assessment, clinical assessment, physiological dynamics (including equations), summarized AARC Clinical Practice Guidelines, mechanical ventilation, over 70 diseases/disorders, pharmacology, and more. This 6th edition includes the 2005 AHA CPR guidelines with ACLS Algorithms.

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: RespiratoryBooks.com
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0932887201
• ISBN 13: 9780932887207
• Binding: Ring-bound
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 320