Complete Test Bank Egan’s Fundamentals of Respiratory Care 12th Edition Kacmarek 100% Verified Answers COVERS ALL CHAPTERS

Complete Test Bank
Egan’s Fundamentals of Respiratory
Care 12th Edition Kacmarek
100% Verified Answers COVERS ALL CHAPTERS

, Chapter000100-00History00of00Respiratory00Care
Kacmarek00et00al.:00Egan’s00Fundamentals00of00Respiratory00 Care,0012th00Edition


MULTIPLE00CHOICE

Which00of00the00following00is00an00expected00role00of00a00respiratory00therapist?
Promoting00lung00health00and00well
ness00Providing00patient00educatio
n
Assessing00the00patient’s00cardiopulmonary00health00status00
Selling00oxygen00(O2)00therapy00devices00to00patients
100only
100and00400only
1,002,00and00300only
d.0 0 1,002,003,00and004
ANS:00 C
Respiratory00care00includes00the00assessment,00treatment,00management,00control,00diagnosti
c00evaluation,00education,00and00care00of00patients00with00deficiencies00and00abnormalities00o
f00the00cardiopulmonary00system.00Respiratory00care00is00increasingly00involved00in00the00pr
evention00of00respiratory00disease,00the00management00of00patients00with00chronic00disease,00an
d00promotion00of00health00and00wellness.

DIF: Recall REF:0 0 p.003 OBJ:00 1

Where00are00the00majority00of00respiratory00therapists00employed?
Skilled00nursing00facilities00Di
agnostic00laboratories00Hospit
als00or00acute00care00settings00O
utpatient00physician00offices
ANS:00 C
Approximately0075%00of00all00respiratory00therapists00work00in00hospitals00or00other00acute00care00setting

DIF: Recall REF:0 0 p.003 OBJ:00 1

Who00is00considered00to00be00the00“father00of00medicine”?
Hippocrates00Ga
len00Erasistratus0
0Aristotle

ANS:00 A
The00foundation00of00modern00Western00medicine00was00laid00in00ancient00Greece00with00the00d
evelopment00of00the00Hippocratic00Corpus.00This00collection00of00ancient00medical00writings
00is00attributed00to00the00“father00of00medicine,”00Hippocrates,00a00Greek00physician00who00li
ved00during00the00fifth00and00fourth00centuries00BC.

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, In001662,00a00chemist00published00a00book00that00described00the00relationship00between00gas,00volu
me,00and00pressure.00What00was00the00chemist’s00name?
Sir00Isaac00Newto
n00Robert00Boyl
e
Anthony00van00Leeuwenhoek00Nico
laus00Copernicus
ANS:00 B
The00chemist,00Robert00Boyle,00published00what00is00now00known00as00“Boyle’s00law,”00gover
ning00the00relationship00between00gas,00volume,00and00pressure.

DIF: Recall REF:0 0 p.006 OBJ:0 0 2

Who00discovered00O200 in00177400and00described00it00as00“dephlogisticated00air”?
Robert00Boyle00Ja
cque00Charles00Th
omas00Beddoes00J
oseph00Priestley
ANS:00 D
In001774,00Joseph00Priestley00described00his00discovery00of00O2,00which00he00called00“dephl
ogisticated00air.”

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Who00is00credited00with00first00describing00the00law00of00partial00pressures00for00a00gas00mixture?
John00Dalton00J
oseph00Prestley00
Jacque00Charles0
0Thomas00Youn
g
ANS:00 A
John00Dalton00described00his00law00of00partial00pressures00for00a00gas00mixture00in00180100and0
0his00atomic00theory00in001808.


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Who00was00the00first00scientist00in00186500to00suggest00that00microorganisms00caused00many00diseases?
Thomas00Youn
g00Louis00Past
eur00Henry00Gr
aham00Robert0
0Koch

ANS:00 B
In001865,00Louis00Pasteur00advanced00his00“germ00theory”00of00disease,00which00held00that00ma
ny00diseases00are00caused00by00microorganisms.

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Who00discovered00the00x-ray00and00opened00the00door00for00the00modern00field00of00radiology?
John00Dalton0
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, 0William00Smi
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