With contributions from over 75 of the foremost experts in the field, the fourth edition of best-selling Respiratory Care: Principles and Practice continues to represent the very best in clinical and academic expertise. The Fourth Edition includes numerous updates and revisions that provide strong foundational knowledge. More than an introductory text, this comprehensive resource will be referenced and utilized by students throughout their educational and professional careers.

Respiratory Care: Principles and Practice, Fourth Edition has been thoroughly reviewed and updated with the latest content to reflect current trends and topics important to contemporary respiratory care practice. With foundations in evidence-based research, the fourth edition covers patient assessment, respiratory therapeutics, respiratory diseases, applied sciences, and the professional aspects of respiratory care. Brand new chapters have been added to cover topics such as lung transplantation and sepsis, and the inclusion of new contributors has infused new perspectives and more modern coverage of important topics.

Respiratory Care: Principles and Practice, Fourth Edition incorporates up to date and essential information on the practice of respiratory care into a well-organized, cohesive, reader-friendly guide, helping students learn skills such as critical thinking, care plan development, patient education, and clinical leadership. Including a wealth of student and instructor resources, this text provides essential information in a practical and manageable format for optimal learning and retention. This new edition was constructed with content cross-referencing the National Board for Respiratory Care’s (NBRC) examination matrix, ensuring that all the topics on the board exams are included. The fourth edition of Respiratory Care: Principles and Practice continues to assist students in mastering the art and science of respiratory care, contributing to improvements in the stature of the respiratory care profession, and�€"most importantly�€"improvements in the care of patients with respiratory disorders.

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Dean Hess, PhD, RRT, FAARC'After many years in the position, in 2016 Dean R. Hess retired as Assistant Director of Respiratory Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, but stayed on per diem and continues to be very active professionally. He is a lecturer in the MS in respiratory care leadership program at Northeastern University. Since he first began working as a respiratory therapist in 1972, his experience has included clinical, research, teaching, and administrative responsibilities. For 10 years he was Editor-in-Chief of Respiratory Care, the official science journal of the American Association for Respiratory Care, and is currently the Managing Editor of this journal. He is on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Aerosol Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Delivery and Simulation in Healthcare. His academic interests include aerosol delivery techniques, adult mechanical ventilation, and critical care monitoring.Dean is a Fellow of the American Association for Respiratory Care and the Society of Critical Care Medicine. He has published more than 200 papers and several books, and his books have been translated into several foreign languages. He has had a high level of professional activity, including committee appointments with the American Association for Respiratory Care, the American Thoracic Society, the Society of Critical Care Medicine, and two years as president of the National Board for Respiratory Care. He has lectured extensively throughout the United States and around the world. Dean has received numerous honors, including the Forrest M. Bird Lifetime Scientific Achievement Award; American Association for Respiratory Care Life Membership; American College of Chest Physicians Simon Rodbard Memorial Honor Lecture; Jimmy A. Young Medal; Robert H. Miller, RRT, Award; Chadwick Medal; Shubin-Weil Master Clinician/Teaching Award; SCCM Presidential Citation; Hector Leon Garza MD Achievement Award; and AARC Legends of Respiratory Care. He has received teaching awards from the medicine residents at the Massachusetts General Hospital and the Harvard Pulmonary and Critical Care fellowship program.

Neil MacIntyre, MD FAARCNeil R. MacIntyre is a native of Southern California but received his medical degree and internal medicine training at Cornell University in New York City. After'three years of service as a U.S. Navy flight surgeon at the Naval Aerospace Medical Research Lab in Pensacola, Florida, he returned to California for a pulmonary disease fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco. He was then recruited to the faculty at Duke University, where he has spent the remainder of his career. At the present time, he is Professor of Medicine (with tenure), Senior Clinical Advisor of the Pulmonary/Critical Care Division, and Medical Director of Respiratory Care Services. His research interests range from clinical pulmonary physiology to large-scale randomized trials in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and acute respiratory failure.Currently Neil is on the Steering Committee of the large National Institutes of Health (NIH) multicenter COPDgene Network. He was also on the Steering Committee of the NIH Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network (ARDSnet) for its duration. To date he has published more than 200 peer-reviewed articles and reviews, is the editor/co-editor of eight books, and is on the editorial boards of five journals. He is the past president of the American Lung Association of North Carolina, and the National Association of Medical Directors of Respiratory Care, and he is the former vice-chair of the American Respiratory Care Foundation. Important honors include Alpha Omega Alpha, the Surgeon General's Award for Aviation Medicine, the Forrest M. Bird Lifetime Scientific Achievement Award, and the Jimmy A. Young Medal from the American Association for Respiratory Care. He is listed in both "Best Doctors in America" and "Who's Who in America."

William F. Galvin, 'MSEd, RRT, CPFT, AE-C, FAARCWilliam F. Galvin is Assistant Professor in the Frances M. Maguire School of Nursing and Health Professions, Program Director for the Respiratory Care Program, and a member of the teaching and administrative faculty for the Teacher Improvement Project System (TIPS) Program at Gwynedd Mercy University (GMU). He has been a respiratory therapist for more than 45 years and has been on faculty at GMU since December 1981; he first served as Director of Clinical Education for two years before becoming Director of the Respiratory Care Program in 1983. In addition to his teaching and administrative role at TIPS, he teaches in the bachelor of health science degree program.Bill earned his bachelor's degree in political science from La Salle College and his master's degree in education (with a concentration in health) from St. Joseph's University. He is a registered and certified respiratory therapist, certified pulmonary function technologist, and certified asthma educator. He has provided numerous article reviews, abstracts, and contributing chapters for publishing companies such as Springhouse Corporation, Delmar/Cengage Learning, F. A. Davis, C. V. Mosby, Williams and Wilkins, W. B. Saunders/Elsevier, and Jones & Bartlett Learning. He has presented at the local, state, and national levels on topics such as communication skills, wellness, health promotion, disease prevention, patient education, interviewing and assessment skills, programmatic and regional accreditation, outcome assessment, recruitment and retention, testtaking strategies and techniques, and a variety of student survival topics and concepts related to the art of teaching and learning. He has served as a guest presenter for the American Association for Respiratory Care's (AARC's) Educator Academy, the AARC Asthma Educator Certification Course, the AARC COPD Educator Course, the Adult Critical Care Course, and the AARC Registry Prep Course. Bill has served on countless professional and college-level boards and committees and is the recipient of numerous awards and honors. In 1996, the AARC bestowed the honor of life membership on him; in 2005, he was inducted into the AARC Fellowship Program and was the recipient of the Education Section Practitioner of the Year Award. In 2008, he was awarded national honorary life membership in the Lambda Beta National Honor Society for Respiratory Care. In 2012, he provided the H. Fred Helmholz Distinguished Education Lecture on the topic of Excellence in Respiratory Care Education: Creating an Exemplary RC Program. In 2015, he received the Jimmy Young Medal, the highest honor bestowed by the AARC, recognizing individuals who have made lasting and sustained contributions to the profession of respiratory care. In 2016, Bill received the Inaugural Pennsylvania Society for Respiratory Care Lifetime Achievement Award; in the following year, he received the A. Gerald Shapiro Award from the New Jersey Society for Respiratory Care for outstanding leadership and contributions to respiratory care. At the 2019 commencement exercises at Gwynedd Mercy University, he received the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching. The Lindback Award is the most prestigious award given to full-time facultymembers who over the years have demonstrated the highest achievements in teaching.Bill is an active member of his parish, has coached Little League baseball and high school basketball, and is an avid sports enthusiast. He professes his greatest joy and passion to be in the classroom, teaching and learning from his students, and he thoroughly enjoys'spending time with his eight grandchildren, Rory, Everett, Maeve, Seamus, Clare, Keiran, Alice, and Quinn.

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