Books and Other Resources

BOOKS

• Comprehensive Respiratory Care

Egan's Fundamentals of Respiratory Care by R. Wilkins, J. Stoller, and R. Kacmarek

The Essentials of Respiratory Care by R. Kacmarek and S. Dimas

Foundations of Respiratory Care by K. Wyka, P. Mathews and W. Clark

• Critical Thinking

Critical Diagnostic Thinking in Respiratory Care: A Case-Based Approach by J.K. Stoller, E.D. Bakow, D.L. Longworth.

• Equipment

Equipment Theory for Respiratory Care" title="" class="style1">Equipment Theory for Respiratory Care by G. White

Mosby's Respiratory Care Equipment by J. Cairo and S. Pilbeam

Clinical Assessment in Respiratory Care" title="" class="style1">Clinical Assessment in Respiratory Care by R. Wilkins

• Geriatric and Home Care

Geriatric Respiratory Care by H. Sorenson

Respiratory Care and Alternate Site by K. Wyka

Respiratory Home Care by D. Oakes and K. Wyka

• Laboratory and Patient Assessment

Basic Clinical Lab Competencies for Respiratory Care: An Integrated Approach by G. White

Laboratory Exercises for Competency in Respiratory Care by T. Butler

Clinical Assessment in Respiratory Care by R. Wilkins

The Fundamentals of Lung and Heart Sounds by Wilkins, Hodgkin

• Legal

The Respiratory Therapist's Legal Answer Book by A. DeWitt

• Mechanical Ventilation

Clinical Application of Mechanical Ventilation by D. Chang

Mechanical Ventilation by N. MacIntyre and R. Branson

Mechanical Ventilation: Physiological and Clinical Applications by S. Pilbeam and J. Cairo

Essentials of Mechanical Ventilation by D. Hess and R. Kacmarek

Rapid Interpretation of Ventilator Waveforms by J. Waugh and V. Deshpande

Principles of Airway Management by Finucane, A. Santora

• Neonatal and Pediatric

Comprehensive Perinatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care by K. Whitaker

Perinatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care by Walsh, Czervinske, DiBlasi

• Pharmacology

Integrated Cardiopulmonary Pharmacology by B. Colbert and B. Mason

Workbook for Integrated Cardiopulmonary Pharmacology revised 3rd ed by D. Chang

Rau's Respiratory Care Pharmacology by D. Gardenhire

Delmar's Respiratory Care Drug Reference by F. Hill

• Pulmonary Function

Manual of Pulmonary Function Testing by G. Ruppel

Pulmonary Function Testing and Cardiopulmonary Stress Testing by V. Madama

• Respiratory Anatomy, Physiology and Pathophysiology

Respiratory Physiology: The Essentials by J. West

Cardiopulmonary Anatomy and Physiology by T. Des Jardins

Respiratory Disease: A Case Study Approach to Patient Care by R. Wilkins, J. Dexter and P. Gold

Clinical Manifestations and Assessment of Respiratory Disease by T. Des Jardins, G. Burton