Elsevier Adds New Respiratory Care Collection to Mosby's Skills

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Elsevier Adds New Respiratory Care Collection

to Mosby's Skills

PR Newswire

PHILADELPHIA, May 30, 2012

PHILADELPHIA

,

May 30, 2012

/PRNewswire/ --

New collection is first online, evidence-based skills database designed for

respiratory care professionals

Elsevier, the leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information

products and services, today announced the availability of a new skills product

for respiratory care professionals - Mosby's Respiratory Care Skills.

Mosby's Respiratory Care Skills gives respiratory therapists the first and only

online skills database based on the latest evidence and clinical guidelines. This

new collection follows the Mosby's Skills model, providing evidence-based and

standardized skills and procedures, with competency testing and

documentation. Mosby's Skills is an online skills reference and competency

management resource designed to meet the respiratory therapy education and

development needs of today's healthcare organizations using an

interdisciplinary approach to care.

Based on the most current evidence, each skill features a quick sheet,

checklist, illustrations, multimedia demonstrations, and more to provide

thorough explanations that help all types of learners master important skills.

Mosby's Respiratory Care Skills currently features 42 skills, with more launching

later in 2012 and 2013. Current skills include:

Compliance and Resistance Measurement

End Tidal Carbon Dioxide Monitoring

Intrapulmonary Shunt Calculation

Mechanical Ventilation: Airway Pressure Release Ventilation

Oxygen Therapy for Patients with an Artificial Airway

Peak Expiratory Flow Measurement

"At Elsevier, we are committed to helping healthcare providers by creating

evidence-based tools to use at the point-of-care and really improve clinical

outcomes," said Barbara Nelson Cullen, Vice President, Strategy and Content

Development, Elsevier. "By expanding Mosby's Skills to the respiratory care

professional market, we broaden the resources available to the interdisciplinary

care team."

For more information about Mosby's Respiratory Care Skills, including the full

list of available skills, see confidenceconnected.com/respiratory or call +1 866

416 6697.

About Elsevier Clinical Decision Support

Elsevier Clinical Decision Support (http://www.clinicaldecisionsupport.com), a

division of Elsevier, the global leader in medical and health information,

provides world class information and point-of-care technology solutions that

optimize decisions and actions to improve the overall quality, safety and cost-

effectiveness of care. The business delivers on this promise through actionable

clinical content, care planning and documentation, drug reference and decision

support, learning and performance management, and data mining and

outcomes analytics solutions for provider, pharmacy and payer organizations.

About Elsevier

Elsevier is a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical

information products and services. The company works in partnership with the

global science and health communities to publish more than 2,000 journals,

including

The Lancet

and

Cell

, and close to 20,000 book titles, including major

reference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier's online solutions include

SciVerse ScienceDirect, SciVerse Scopus, Reaxys, MD Consult and Mosby's

Nursing Suite, which enhance the productivity of science and health

professionals, and the SciVal suite and MEDai's Pinpoint Review, which help

research and health care institutions deliver better outcomes more cost-

effectively.

A global business headquartered in

Amsterdam

, Elsevier employs 7,000 people

worldwide. The company is part of Reed Elsevier Group PLC, a world-leading

publisher and information provider, which is jointly owned by Reed Elsevier PLC

and Reed Elsevier NV. The ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL

(London Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York Stock Exchange).

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