Clinical Practitioners Pocket Guide to Respiratory Care

By Dana F. Oakes

Fourth edition of a pocket-sized quick reference on respiratory care, for nurses, therapists, and physicians. Extensive use of charts, diagrams, and lists. Looseleaf binder. Trim-size: 6.5 X 4.75... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Loose Leaf
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0932887058
• ISBN13: 9780932887054
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Health Educator Publications, Incorporated
• Length: 1 Pages

Customer Reviews

Invaluable Student Guide!

As a first year student, having just finished my first semester, I feel like I have been overwhelmed with new information. In some ways, learning respiratory care is a lot like learning a foreign language. So here's what I've realized already: there is absolutely no way I am going to be able to remember everything I've learned. Oakes' Clinical Practitioners Pocket Guide to Respiratory Care is the perfect resource for students. As my professors point out information that is vital to our field (such as blood gases, O2 therapy delivery, the list goes on and on) I quickly turn in Oakes book to that section. The information is always there! I have used the book as a study companion to Egan's bulky book (I love Egan's, but it requires ample muscles to carry it around much), and really feel that it has contributed to my success so far with high scores on all my exams. Alright, so what do I think is special about this book? 1. It contains everything I need to know. I won't reiterate the contents, but am particularly impressed with the pharmacology information, the disease information listed, and the index is comprehensive and nicely laid out. 2. It is cheap. My average textbook costs $100 or more. Oakes' book is less than $30. With the quality and amount of content condensed into this pocketguide, it's practically a steal. I would easily be willing to pay 2 or 3 times this much for this book (though I'm not complaining!). 3. It is accurate. I have perused through several guides this size, and found several mistakes (it's easier to find them when you're learning them!). I have yet to find an error in Oakes' book. 4. Format. I love that this book is in a ringbinder. I can remove pages that I don't find useful (after I finish school), and could add additional pages if I found the need to. 5. Drawbacks? None really. The font size is small, but I would hate to sacrifice any information or make the book itself larger in order to enlarge the font. In my opinion, purchasing this book is like learning the blood gas values . . . you simply have to do it to be an effective therapist. It will make you a strong student, and an excellent therapist.

Must have for all students!!

I am a student in the RRT program and this is a mini Egan's book. It has everything that you need to know for your freshman year!! I got my classmates to get it as well. Great size for the Lab Coat (just make sure you have extra pockets). So if you are a student this is a must have!!

It's everything you ever wanted to know

And some things you didn't.It's Respiratory For Dummies! Everything You Ever Wanted To Know And Were Afraid To Ask! Stuff to look up later that you're kicking yourself going "I remembered that when I was in school but ... now?" A little blue six-ring binder (much like the Mechanical Ventilation one).Chapters include patient assessment, clinical assessment (CXR, ECG, labs, PFTs, ABGs,) physiologic dynamics (including some hemodynamic monitoring stuff), therapeutics (which includes procedures, a blurb on mechanical ventilation, diseases/disorders, pharmacology, CPR stuff and the adult ACLS algorithms.)Diagrams are clear and concise -- the very very basics (like how many generations to the TB tree?) all the way down to the more vague stuff. Really the only thing it's missing is anything on basic hyperbaric oxygen. Though that's not very conspicuous.

EGANS MADE SIMPLE

THIS IS A MUST HAVE! I AM CURRENTLY A STUDENT FOR THE RRT PROGRAM AND I CARRY THIS POCKET GUIDE EVERYWHERE. GREAT TO STUDY WITH AND WONDERFUL TO HAVE AT A CLINICAL SITE OR AT WORK WITH YOU!!

a MUST HAVE for anyone in the field of respiratory care!!!

this book gives a quick reference to all those pesky equations you learn in school and are soon tempted to forget.it also lists diagnoses, etiology(ies), pathophysiology(ies).... it is categorized for functionality, and everyday use. LOOK THIS ONE UP!!!