Guide to Mechanical Ventilation and Intensive Respiratory Care

Pulmonary Anatomy. Practical Physiology of the Pulmonary System. Airway Maintenance. Administration of Oxygen, Humidification and Aerosol Therapy. Bronchial Hygiene and Lung Expansion Therapy. Mechanical Ventilation: Indications, Basic Principles of How the Ventilator Performs the Respiratory Cycle, And Initiation. Modes of Mechanical Ventilation. Complications of Mechanical Ventilation and Troubleshooting the Patient/Ventilator System. Noninvasive Respiratory Monitoring and Invasive Monitoring of Direct and Derived Tissue Oxygenation Variables. Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation. Non-Conventional Modes and Alternative Methods of Mechanical Ventilation. Pulmonary Symbols and Abbreviations. Drugs Used in Intensive Respiratory Care. Chest Drainage System.