This comprehensive laboratory manual with a multitude of laboratory activities and 47 procedural competency evaluations is designed to provide hands-on technical and communication skills necessary for students to integrate theory and clinical practice. It can be used in both respiratory therapy and respiratory therapy technician programs and in conjunction with any textbook."While intended for students, the book could also be used to update and re-educate staff members in the institutional setting who have completed their own formal health care education ." — Respiratory Care, January 1999, Vol. 44, No. 1"

Thomas J. Butler, MS, RRT, RPFT, Associate Professor, Allied Health, SUNY Rockland Community College, Suffern, New York; Respiratory Care Manager, Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, West Orange, New Jersey Robert J. Close, BS, RRT, Medical Services Administrator, Helen Hayes Hospital, West Haverstraw, New York; Adjunct Instructor, Respiratory Care Program, Rockland Community College, Suffern, New York Janice Blaer Close, MA, RRT, RPFT, Program Director, Respiratory Care Program, Rockland Community College, Suffern, New York

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