The Ventilator Book: Second Edition

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.

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.

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 interesting book, deserving 5* classificationHowever, 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

Very basic. Okay for nurses, not for doctors.