EGAN'S WORKBOOK: CHAPTER 1
EXAM 1 - QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
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AARC
✓ -:- American Association for Respiratory Care (Role: Provides
education, advocacy, publications.
CoARC
✓ -:- Committee on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (Role:Guides for
school and accreditation)
NBRC
✓ -:- National Board for Respiratory Care (organiza tion responsible for
the respiratory credentialing examinations)
Cardiopulmonry system
✓ -:- heart and lungs working together is the "bread and butter" of our
profession.
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Respiratory Care
✓ -:- name suggesting increased involvement in disease preventio n and
management and promotion of health and wellness.
Respiratory therapy
✓ -:- health care discipline that specializes in the promotion of optimum
cardiopulmonary health.
Respiratory therapist's
✓ -:- individual trained to deliver care to patients wi th heart and lung
disease.
Oxygen Therapy
✓ -:- widely prescribed in hospitals by the 1940s and still a mainstay of
respiratory care.
Aerosol Medications
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