The Ventilator Book

I bought the print book and got this for cheap. Now I have the print book for reference and this is on my phone if I need it at the bedside. Cool! Great reference for anyone who takes care of patients on ventilators. I am an ICU nurse and I got this book to help me study vent modes for a CRNA school interview. I start classes this fall, so it must have worked! I LOVE how the author breaks down terminology across different manufacturers and links the different proprietary names for common vent settings. Really helpful in my unit where we use multiple vent models. It's not my job to manage the vent or change settings, but it's helpful to know what's going on with my patient. There is nothing in this Kindle edition that is ill-suited to the format. I am wary of getting reference books for Kindle because sometimes graphs or tables are poorly translated but the Kindle version is good.

Im an emergency medicine resident about to start critical care fellowship. Ive read so many different resources on vent management, but this has been my favorite. Its such an easy read. It clearly and simply explains what is usually a hard topic. Its a quick read and was actually enjoyable to read compared to the other resources Ive used in the past. Highly recommend this book!!!!!

I am an ICU RN. Probably many of those things explained in this book I was supposed to know, but I didn’t. Talks between an RT and a physician were a mystery to me many times. Now I understand their reasoning behind decisions. I gained lots of confidence by reading the book that was very easy to read. It is also written quite artistically, and with a lot of sense of humor! Absolutely priceless book!

This is a good book for those interested in the anatomy and physiology of respiratory care management of the ventilated patient. Dr. Owens provides good insights into patient ventilator modalities. My background is in respiratory care and anesthesia and I found this to be an important informational read in taking care of patients. I plan on using the information gleaned in my daily practice.

Took a while but good info.

I am a PGY3 Internal Medicine resident. Through my residency so far I had been reading about ventilator management from so many different source that all the information gets mangled. You are reading the same stuff from different books and thus you fail to develop a mental picture. It is always good to have a single basic source. This is an excellent book for anyone wanting to know the basics and more for ventilator management. I am reading it on my Note 3 which has a big enough screen size to read books. I am reading it on the go when I have time. It is short enough and the language is simple enough for it to be read and applied quickly. It gives just the required bit of knowledge to apply to your patients which is I think all you need. Not extensive but all a resident would need and also if you are planning for a career as a Hospitalist who would have to do Vent Management.Read this one or twice and that should set you up.I would recommend this for Residents and Hospitalists and possibly critical care fellows as a great starter book.

Short, easy to read, and gets to the point. What more can you ask for? Not RT, and never want to be. So this was an amazing refresher and reminder of the different settings.

Good reference book for the practicing medial staff and RT career.