Test Bank for Egan’s Fundamentals of Respiratory Care 12th Edition Kacmarek Complete Guide All Chapters ISBN 9780323511124 Respiratory Therapy Exam Prep PDF

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,Chapter 01 - History of Respiratory Care
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Egan’s Fundamentals of Respiratory Care, 12th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE b




Which of the following is an expected role of a respiratory therapist?
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Promotinglunghealth and wellness b b b b




Providing patient education
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Assessing the patient’s cardiopulmonaryhealth status Selling b b b b b b




oxygen (O2) therapy devices to patients
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1 only
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1 and 4 only
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1, 2, and 3 only
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d. 1, 2, 3, and 4
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ANS: C b




Respiratory care includes the assessment, treatment, management, control, diagnostic evaluation, b b b b b b b b b




education, and care of patients with deficiencies and abnormalities of the cardiopulmonary
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system. Respiratory care is increasingly involved in the prevention of respiratory disease, the
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management of patients with chronic disease, and promotion of health and wellness.
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DIF: Recall REF: p. 3 b b b OBJ: 1 b




Where are the majority of respiratory therapists employed?
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Skilled nursing facilities b b




Diagnostic laboratories
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Hospitalsoracute caresettings
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Outpatient physician offices
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ANS: C b




Approximately75% of all respiratory therapists work in hospitals or other acute care settings. b b b b b b b b b b b b b




DIF: Recall REF: p. 3 b b b OBJ: 1 b




Who is considered to be the “father of medicine”?
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Hippocrates
Galen
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Erasistratus
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Aristotle
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ANS: A b




The foundation of modern Western medicine was laid in ancient Greece with the development of
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the Hippocratic Corpus. This collection of ancient medical writings is attributed to the “father of
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medicine,” Hippocrates, a Greek physician who lived during the fifth and fourth centuries BC.
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DIF: Recall REF: pp. 3-4 b b b OBJ: 2 b

,In 1662, a chemist published a book that described the relationship between gas, volume, and pressure.
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What was the chemist’s name?
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Sir IsaacNewton b b




Robert Boyle
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Anthony van Leeuwenhoek Nicolaus b b b




Copernicus
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ANS: B b




The chemist, Robert Boyle, published what is now known as “Boyle’s law,” governing the relationship
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between gas, volume, and pressure.
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DIF: Recall REF: p. 6 b b b OBJ: 2 b




Who discovered O2 in 1774 and described it as “dephlogisticated air”?
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Robert Boyle b




Jacque Charles
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ThomasBeddoes
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Joseph Priestley
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ANS: D b




In 1774, Joseph Priestley described his discovery of O2, which he called “dephlogisticated air.”
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DIF: Recall REF: pp. 6-7 b b b OBJ: 2 b




Who is credited with first describing the law of partial pressures for a gas mixture?
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John Dalton b




JosephPrestley
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Jacque Charles
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Thomas Young
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ANS: A b




John Dalton described his law of partial pressures for a gas mixture in 1801 and his atomic theory in
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1808.
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DIF: Recall REF: p. 7 b b b OBJ: 2 b




Who was the first scientist in 1865 to suggest that microorganisms caused many diseases?
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Thomas Young b




Louis Pasteur
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Henry Graham
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Robert Koch
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ANS: B b




In 1865, Louis Pasteur advanced his “germ theory” of disease, which held that many diseases are
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caused by microorganisms.
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DIF: Recall REF: p. 7 b b b OBJ: 2 b




Who discovered the x-ray and opened the door for the modern field of radiology?
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John Dalton b




WilliamSmith
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, WilliamRoentgen b




Thomas Young
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ANS: C b




In 1895, William Roentgen discovered the x-ray and the modern field of radiologic imaging sciences
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was born.
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DIF: Recall REF: p. 7 b b b OBJ: 2 b




What was the primary duty of the first inhalation therapists?
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Provide airway care. b b




Support O2 therapy.
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Aerosoltherapytopatients.
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Maintain patients on mechanical ventilation. b b b b




ANS: B b




The first inhalation therapists were really just O2 technicians.
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DIF: Recall REF: p. 7 b b b OBJ: 3 b




When did the designation “respiratory therapist” become standard?
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a. 1954
b. 1964
c. 1974
d. 1984
ANS: C b




In 1974, the designation “respiratorytherapist” became standard.
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DIF: Recall REF: p. 7 b b b OBJ: 3 b




Who was the first to develop the large-scale production of O2 in 1907?
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Robert Dalton b




David Boyle
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Thomas Anderson
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Karl von Linde
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ANS: D b




Large-scale production of O2 was developed by Karl von Linde in 1907. b b b b b b b b b b b




DIF: Recall REF: p. 7 b b b OBJ: 4 b




When was the first Venti-mask introduced that allows the precise delivery of 24%, 28%, 35%,and 40%
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O2?
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a. 1945
b. 1954
c. 1960
d. 1972
ANS: C b




The Campbell Venti-mask, which allowed the administration of 24%, 28%, 35%, or 40% O2, was
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introduced in 1960.
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