The Ventilator Book

I've been waiting for this book for my whole career! I'm an anaesthetist and know how to ventilate people safely for pretty much any surgery. I've always found icu ventilation to be far more complex and frankly, somewhat over my head. I'm a simple soul and like to have stuff explained as such. This book does exactly that. It makes sense and tells me what I need to know. It doesn't blind one with science and for this, I'm eternally grateful. If you're a mathematical/curve/equations type then this probably isn't what you're looking for. If you are a bit ashamed to admit that you've got many, many unanswered ventilator questions quite late in your career and you want to have a practical, clinical understanding of the whole affair then buy this now. It's easy to read, it's humble and it's been my most useful purchase in yonks.

I found this book a pleasure to read! As an Anesthesiologist who works in the OR, I am not particularly familiar with the ventilator settings in the Critical Care. I am really happy that I found all the useful equations and their clinical applications, in a few pages explained in simple words. Undoubtedly this book was written by a doctor with a great experience who has passed many hours on the side of the bed of the ventilated patient... Congratulations

Very good and practical book. Easy to read. Explaine everything in simple terms. No rubbish. Only what you need to know for regular practice. The only thing - lots of typo miskates in one of the chapter of my kindle format.

A good simple summary for anyone who is working with ventilators. While it does not have (or aim to have) the depth required for those attempting to complete academic courses, it does provide simple pointers and reminders that will assist and make a person think who works from day to day with a ventilator.

A good a concise overview of ventilators and treatment in an ICU setting. Even mentions us physios a number of times :-)

Ideal for professionals working in acute health care departments: ICU, ACU, A&E

got this as I was starting a new job, it is in plain english, easy to understand, good book, easy read

Very interesting book, deserving 5* classification However, book arrived torn with bendings all over the cover. It was bought as new but it doesn't look like it. Also, estimated arrival was 2 business days after purchasing (which I payed more for) and arrived almost two weeks after. Terrible service from amazon

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.

Ho acquistato questo prodotto durante la mia lunga frequenza della terapia intensiva, come approccio iniziale alle varie modalità di ventilazione. Il libro in questione, con termini semplici e talora spiccata simpatia, introduce il lettore al difficile mondo della ventilazione, prima con un'introduzione generale che ne spiega le basi e poi affrontando separatamente tutte le varie modalità. È sicuramente un ottimo punto di partenza per chiunque voglia iniziare a conoscere questa interessante disciplina.

I’m an ICU fellow and this book is awesome. Readable, quick, digestible.

A practical straight forward and to the point hand book for quick reference on ventilation, for those already using mechanical ventilators and need a quick reflection on settings for this I do recommend it.

詳しすぎず、呼吸生理も必要最小限。呼吸器管理が必要な非集中治療医に最適な本だと思います。