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1: 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.
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2: 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.
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3: 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.
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4: 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 overly boring, understandable even when this was new and after a couple of years, I'm glad I have the reference still. The order and organization is not what I would have chosen. I knew people who cut the thing up in sections and carried chapters/sections around in report folders... It is BIG. But it is the best. The only other basic reference/text on the subject out there that even compares is Kacmarek's Essentials, it's smaller... LOL. Kacmarek is actually co-writer of the new 2008 Egans.
I would definitely be interested in any new publications by these authors solely on manifestation/process of respiratory disease. That has potential!
Thanks for reading my review!
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5: Great reference, not so great textbook
Egan's has always had a lot of information in it on respiratory care, but it's very hard to understand for someone just coming into the respiratory field. When I can't find something somewhere else, I go to Egan's. The only problem is that I have to translate it into normal English before I fully understand.
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