The ventilator-assisted child
Subtitle: a practical resource guide
By: editors: Lynn E. Driver, Virginia Simson Nelson, Seth A. Warschausky.
Contributors: Driver, Lynn E.; Nelson, Virginia Simson.; Warschausky, Seth A.
Publisher: Communication Skill Builders
Published: 1997
Place of publication: San Antonio, TX
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
Subjects: Pediatric respiratory diseases -- Treatment -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Artificial respiration -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Children with disabilities -- Home care; Respiration, Artificial -- Child; Disabled Children; Home Care Services -- Child; Ventilators, Mechanical -- Child
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Spectrum of care / Virginia Simson Nelson and Lynn E. Driver; title: Long-term airway management for the ventilator-assisted child / Anne Marie Ramsey and Elizabeth Ann Grady; title: Pediatric home mechanical ventilation / Elizabeth Ann Grady; title: The role of nursing in the transition home for ventilator-assisted children / Cathy Lewis and Janet Dean; title: Functional independence in activities of daily living / Angela Jordan, Donn F. Hilker and Janet Santos; title: Oral and written communication needs of the ventilator-assisted child / Lynn E. Driver and Donn F. Hilker; title: Special needs of the prelinguistic ventilator-assisted child / Juanita Zink Cox  and Dale VanDeinse; title: Feeding and swallowing issues in the ventilator-assisted child / Dale VanDeinse and Juanita Zink Cox; title: Physical therapy goals and intervention for the ventilator-assisted child or adolescent / Gretchen Backer and Betsy Howell; title: Leisure and recreation : activities for the ventilator-assisted child / Robert Wolfe, Deborah Webb, and Donn F. Hilker; title: Establishing a recreational camp for ventilator-assisted children / Mary Dekeon and Betsy Howell; title: Sexuality education for ventilator-assisted adolescents and their families / Angela Giacoletti Argento, Lisa Engel, and Seth Warschausky; title: Psychosocial adjustment to the transition home / Lisa Engel and Amy Jo Herndon; title: Transitions : a personal perspective / Derek Juntunen; title: A family's perspective / Darlene Russ; title: Resources for ventilator-assisted children and their families / Lisa Engel, Amy Jo Herndon, and Donald G. Kewman.