Principles and practice of respiratory therapy / edited by Jimmy Albert Young, Dean Crocker.

Contents
1. Organization and Administration of Clinical Departments of Respiratory Therapy
2. Anatomy and Physiology of the Respiratory System
3. Manufacture, Storage and Transport of Gases
4. Physical Properties Gases
5. Gas Therapy,
6. Alveolar Ventilation and Gas Exchange
7. Acid-base Balance
8. Approach to Clinical Medicine
9. Pediatric Respiratory Therapy
10. Writing Orders for Respiratory Therapy
11. Cleaning and Sterilization
12. Pharmacology
13. Aerosol Therapy
14. Airway Management
15. Chest Pysiotherapy
16. Patient: The Team Approach
17. Intermittent Positive Pressure Breathing
18. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
19. Mechanical Ventilation
20. Cardiac Monitoring
21. Physiologic Monitoring
22. Positive end Expiratory Pressure and Continuous Positive Airway pressure
23. Pulmonary Function Testing
24. Environmental Control Systems
25. Outpatient and Home Care
26. Interviewing and Counseling Respiratory Personnel
27. The Role of Respiratory Therapists as Emergency Medical Technicians.

Includes bibliographies and index.