NBRC-style, case study application, and analysis-style questions that prepare you to excel on exams. This comprehensive Workbook features a new design with a second color that highlights important information, breaks up text, and offers better usability. New chapters correlate with the text to keep you current, and a wide range of activities engage and guide you through some of the text’s more difficult concepts.Word Wizard tests your knowledge of key terms.Meet the Objectives assess your learning outcomes.Key Points identify key concepts from the chapter.Case studies test comprehension of assessment and intervention strategies and help you practice critical thinking.What Does the NBRC Say? provides information on expectations of NBRC, gives a sampling of NBRC-style multiple-choice questions, and helps you prepare for the certification exam. Food for Thought offers thought-provoking tips and questions.Information Age highlights all the resources available to you on the web.A Picture is Worth (including Pneumo-nuggets) features a mixture of labeling exercises and "nuggets" of information in the form of tips or questions.Chapter-specific exercises offer various activities, such as exercises on ethics, equipment, and mathematics.NEW! Five all-new chapters bring you the most up-to-date information on the fundamentals of respiratory care research, trauma, burns, near drowning, patient ventilator interaction, flexible bronchoscopy, and extracorporeal life support (ECLS). NEW! A second color helps highlight pertinent information, breaks up text, and provides a better overall look. EXPANDED! More NBRC-style questions help you pass the NBRC examination.NEW! Updated content reflects changes in the 11th edition of the text.

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