Providing Respiratory Care

Photographs show every important nursing technique. Covers examining the thorax and lungs; learning about ABG analysis; obtaining an arterial sample; learning about continuous SvO(2) monitoring; monitoring SvO(2) levels; learning about and performing pulse oximetry; learning about, initiating, and maintaining mechanical ventilation; learning about and preparing for ventilator weaning; weaning a patient using ventilatory support or a T-piece; performing extubation; learning about care requirements for critically ill patients; establishing an oropharyngeal or nasopharyngeal airway; learning about suctioning; performing pharyngeal or nasotracheal suctioning, tracheal suctioning through a tube, and closed tracheal suctioning; using a sputum specimen trap; administering oxygen; assisting with endotracheal tube insertion, providing endotracheal tube care, and removing the endotracheal tube; and providing tracheostomy tube care.Springhouse Publishing Company Staff is the author of 'Providing Respiratory Care' with ISBN 9780874348101 and ISBN 0874348102.