Product Description

The 7th Edition is now vibrantly colored, with hundreds-of-pages of updated diagrams, tables, charts and illustrations. The book is also colorfully tabbed to make flipping around from chapter to chapter effortless. All this packaged into a unique pocket-sized, six-ring binder. There is a reason that this blue book has been the #1 selling respiratory care pocket guide for well over 20 years now. Chapters include Patient Assessment, Cardiovascular Dynamics, Pulmonary Dynamics, Respiratory Procedures (extensive!), Pharmacology (newly designed and totally updated), Equations, Respiratory Diseases (fully updated and expanded), CPR, and more.
Students love the fingertip access to the extensive information, particularly when in clinical situations where quick recall is vital, as well as when studying for the CRT and RRT exams. Respiratory Therapists, nurses and other allied health professionals love this book because, let s face it, you just can t remember everything. It is the perfect resource to have at your side, assuring that you provide standardized, competent care free of liabilities. Pertinent AARC Clinical Practice Guidelines have been summarized in colorful format, with clear markings in each chapters table of contents indicating CPGs. This book is amazingly thorough, incredibly accurate, and extremely affordable. Whether it s your first copy ever, or your still using your copy from the early 80s, we think you will be very pleased with the 7th edition.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #25786 in Books
• Published on: 2008-06-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Ring-bound
• 320 pages

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, Childrens 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 30 years and has over 14 years of teaching experience including one-, two-, and four-year advanced Respiratory Care programs.

Customer Reviews

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!!!

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.

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.