Univ. of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark. A Brandon/Hill Allied Health List firstpurchase selection. Major reference for students and practitioners. Includes new chapters on: quality respiratory care, regulation of breathing, nutritional aspects of health and disease, and respiratory care in alternative settings. Previous edition: c1995. DNLM: Respiratory Therapy.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Egan's Fundamentals of Respiratory Care:
As long as you have the time, sitting down and studying this book is a great way to learn introductory or refresher information on respiratory care. I would recommned this book.
Fundamentals:
Fundamentals is not a kidding term. This is an in-depth look into most all spectrums of Respiratory Therapy and the workbook keeps one in check, to make sure you understand the material.
Wish I'd never bought it.:
I had to buy Egan's when I was in respiratory school. I barely cracked the book and it mostly sat around my apartment collecting dust. That said, I passed both of my exams (CRT and RRT) with no problems on my first attempts. This was such a waste of money. Everytime I tried to read it I fell asleep. It is drier than dust.
Big Heavy Book Full of Info...:
If you were to add a chapter on anything that may be perceived as missing, you will turn this already massive chunk of wood into something the size of a CPU. I already hate lugging it around. The only way to improve on the size is to split the material into sections sell it as a similarly priced hard or soft cover set. Then we can add the chapter on TB, sure. Knowing my instructors they'd all be coming to class every day anyways. My only complaint is the weight. The content is direct, concise, not... more info
