Workbook for Egan's Fundamentals of Respiratory Care

Section I. Foundations of Respiratory Care

1. Early History of Respiratory Care

2. The Profession of Respiratory Care

3. Quality, Patient Safety, and Communication

4. Principles of Infection Prevention and Control

5. Ethical and Legal Implications of Practice

6. Physical Principles of Respiratory Care

7. E-Medicine in Respiratory Care

8. Fundamentals of Respiratory Care Research

Section II. Applied Anatomy and Physiology

9. The Respiratory System

10. The Cardiovascular System

11. Ventilation

12. Gas Exchange and Transport

13. Solutions, Body Fluids, and Electrolytes

14. Acid-Base Balance

15. Regulation of Breathing

Section III. Assessment of Respiratory Disorders

16. Bedside Assessment of the Patient

17. Interpreting Clinical and Laboratory Data

18. Interpreting the Electrocardiogram

19. Analysis and Monitoring of Gas Exchange

20. Pulmonary Function Testing

21. Review of Thoracic Imaging

22. Flexible Bronchoscopy and the Respiratory Therapist

23. Nutrition Assessment

Section IV. Review of Cardiopulmonary Disease

24. Pneumonia

25. Obstructive Lung Disease. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Asthma,
and Related Diseases

26. Interstitial Lung Disease

27. Pleural Diseases

28. Pulmonary Vascular Disease

29. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

30. Respiratory Management of Trauma, Obesity, Near Drowning, and Burns

31. Acute Heart Failure

32. Lung Cancer

33. Neuromuscular and Other Diseases of the Chest Wall

34. Disorders of Sleep

35. Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Disorders

Section V. Basic Therapeutics

36. Airway Pharmacology

37. Airway Management

38. Emergency Cardiovascular Life Support

39. Humidity and Bland Aerosol Therapy

40. Aerosol Drug Therapy

41. Storage and Delivery of Medical Gases

42. Medical Gas Therapy

43. Lung Expansion Therapy

44. Airway Clearance Therapy (ACT)

Section VI. Acute and Critical Care

45. Respiratory Failure and the Need for Ventilatory Support

46. Mechanical Ventilators

47. Physiology of Ventilatory Support

48. Patient-Ventilator Interactions

49. Initiating and Adjusting Invasive Ventilatory Support

50. Noninvasive Ventilation

51. Extracorporeal Life Support

52. Monitoring the Patient in the Intensive Care Unit

53. Discontinuing Ventilatory Support

54. Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care

Section VII. Patient Education and Long-Term Care

55. Patient Education and Health Promotion

56. Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation

57. Respiratory Care in Alternative Settings

58. Ethics and End of Life