Mosby's Respiratory Care Equipment

Rating:
Summary: definetely equipment-oriented
Review: Fabulous book and one of very few that goes in-depth about specific ventilators, including home-care, in-hospital adult ventilators, baby ventilators, and pretty much everything in between.

Very definitely equipment oriented and should not be the only reference for the details of mechanical ventilation.

Fabulous for the beginning RT student who is just trying to grasp the principles behind mechanical ventilation without plunging immediately into the management of the ventilator itself. Great for the familiarization of the controls of the ventilators (large diagrams of the keypad layouts came in handy and were good for practice.)

Contains good clear concise information on other aspects of respiratory care, including snippets on pulmonary function tests and medical gases.

Also a great price for a giant hardcover book such as this. But it bears repeating that this should not be your ONLY reference with regards to ventilation.

Rating:
Summary: Really difficult to read
Review: I think this book would be great for Registered or Certified therapists, but as a student, myself and my classmates found this to be difficult reading. We think at the student level, the techniques to therapies and how it affects the patient is more important than the mechanical parts of the machines we use. I liked the Pilbeam mechanical Ventilation book much, much more.