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Egan’s FundamentaIs of Respiratory
Care 12th Edition Kacmarek
AII CHAPTERS COVERED
, Chapter 01 - History of Respiratory Care
Kacmarek et aI.: Egan’s FundamentaIs of Respiratory Care, 12th Edition
MUITIPIE CHOICE
Which of the foIIowing is an expected roIe of a respiratory therapist?
Promoting Iung heaIth and
weIInessProviding patient
education
Assessing the patient’s cardiopuImonary heaIth status
SeIIing oxygen (O2) therapy devices to patients
1 onIy
1 and 4 onIy
1, 2, and 3 onIy
d. 1, 2, 3, and 4
ANS: C
Respiratory care incIudes the assessment, treatment, management, controI, diagnostic
evaIuation, education, and care of patients with deficiencies and abnormaIities of the
cardiopuImonary system. Respiratory care is increasingIy invoIved in the prevention of
respiratory disease, the management of patients with chronic disease, and promotion of heaIth
and weIIness.
DIF: RecaII REF: p. 3 OBJ: 1
Where are the majority of respiratory therapists empIoyed?
SkiIIed nursing faciIities
Diagnostic Iaboratories
HospitaIs or acute care settings
Outpatient physician offices
ANS: C
ApproximateIy 75% of aII respiratory therapists work in hospitaIs or other acute care settings.
DIF: RecaII REF: p. 3 OBJ: 1
Who is considered to be the ―father of medicine‖?
Hippocrates
GaIen
Erasistratus
AristotIe
ANS: A
The foundation of modern Western medicine was Iaid in ancient Greece with the
deveIopmentof the Hippocratic Corpus. This coIIection of ancient medicaI writings is
attributed to the ―father of medicine,‖ Hippocrates, a Greek physician who Iived during the
fifth and fourth centuries BC.
DIF: RecaII REF: pp. 3-4 OBJ: 2
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, In 1662, a chemist pubIished a book that described the reIationship between gas, voIume,
andpressure. What was the chemist’s name?
Sir Isaac Newton
Robert BoyIe
Anthony van IeeuwenhoekNicoIaus
Copernicus
ANS: B
The chemist, Robert BoyIe, pubIished what is now known as ―BoyIe’s Iaw,‖ governing
thereIationship between gas, voIume, and pressure.
DIF: RecaII REF: p. 6 OBJ: 2
Who discovered O2 in 1774 and described it as ―dephIogisticated air‖?
Robert BoyIe
Jacque CharIes
Thomas Beddoes
Joseph PriestIey
ANS: D
In 1774, Joseph PriestIey described his discovery of O2, which he caIIed ―dephIogisticated
air.‖
DIF: RecaII REF: pp. 6-7 OBJ: 2
Who is credited with first describing the Iaw of partiaI pressures for a gas mixture?
John DaIton
Joseph PrestIey
Jacque CharIes
Thomas Young
ANS: A
John DaIton described his Iaw of partiaI pressures for a gas mixture in 1801 and his atomic
theory in 1808.
DIF: RecaII REF: p. 7 OBJ: 2
Who was the first scientist in 1865 to suggest that microorganisms caused many diseases?
Thomas Young
Iouis Pasteur
Henry Graham
Robert Koch
ANS: B
In 1865, Iouis Pasteur advanced his ―germ theory‖ of disease, which heId that many diseases
are caused by microorganisms.
DIF: RecaII REF: p. 7 OBJ: 2
Who discovered the x-ray and opened the door for the modern fieId of radioIogy?
John DaIton
WiIIiam Smith
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, WiIIiam
RoentgenThomas
Young
ANS: C
In 1895, WiIIiam Roentgen discovered the x-ray and the modern fieId of radioIogic imaging
sciences was born.
DIF: RecaII REF: p. 7 OBJ: 2
What was the primary duty of the first inhaIation therapists?
Provide airway care.
Support O2 therapy.
AerosoI therapy to patients.
Maintain patients on mechanicaI ventiIation.
ANS: B
The first inhaIation therapists were reaIIy just O2 technicians.
DIF: RecaII REF: p. 7 OBJ: 3
When did the designation ―respiratory therapist‖ become standard?
a. 1954
b. 1964
c. 1974
d. 1984
ANS: C
In 1974, the designation ―respiratory therapist‖ became standard.
DIF: RecaII REF: p. 7 OBJ: 3
Who was the first to deveIop the Iarge-scaIe production of O2 in 1907?
Robert DaIton
David BoyIe
Thomas Anderson
KarI von Iinde
ANS: D
Iarge-scaIe production of O2 was deveIoped by KarI von Iinde in 1907.
DIF: RecaII REF: p. 7 OBJ: 4
When was the first Venti-mask introduced that aIIows the precise deIivery of 24%, 28%,
35%,and40% O2?
a. 1945
b. 1954
c. 1960
d. 1972
ANS: C
The CampbeII Venti-mask, which aIIowed the administration of 24%, 28%, 35%, or 40%
O2,was introduced in 1960.
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Egan’s FundamentaIs of Respiratory
Care 12th Edition Kacmarek
AII CHAPTERS COVERED
, Chapter 01 - History of Respiratory Care
Kacmarek et aI.: Egan’s FundamentaIs of Respiratory Care, 12th Edition
MUITIPIE CHOICE
Which of the foIIowing is an expected roIe of a respiratory therapist?
Promoting Iung heaIth and
weIInessProviding patient
education
Assessing the patient’s cardiopuImonary heaIth status
SeIIing oxygen (O2) therapy devices to patients
1 onIy
1 and 4 onIy
1, 2, and 3 onIy
d. 1, 2, 3, and 4
ANS: C
Respiratory care incIudes the assessment, treatment, management, controI, diagnostic
evaIuation, education, and care of patients with deficiencies and abnormaIities of the
cardiopuImonary system. Respiratory care is increasingIy invoIved in the prevention of
respiratory disease, the management of patients with chronic disease, and promotion of heaIth
and weIIness.
DIF: RecaII REF: p. 3 OBJ: 1
Where are the majority of respiratory therapists empIoyed?
SkiIIed nursing faciIities
Diagnostic Iaboratories
HospitaIs or acute care settings
Outpatient physician offices
ANS: C
ApproximateIy 75% of aII respiratory therapists work in hospitaIs or other acute care settings.
DIF: RecaII REF: p. 3 OBJ: 1
Who is considered to be the ―father of medicine‖?
Hippocrates
GaIen
Erasistratus
AristotIe
ANS: A
The foundation of modern Western medicine was Iaid in ancient Greece with the
deveIopmentof the Hippocratic Corpus. This coIIection of ancient medicaI writings is
attributed to the ―father of medicine,‖ Hippocrates, a Greek physician who Iived during the
fifth and fourth centuries BC.
DIF: RecaII REF: pp. 3-4 OBJ: 2
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, In 1662, a chemist pubIished a book that described the reIationship between gas, voIume,
andpressure. What was the chemist’s name?
Sir Isaac Newton
Robert BoyIe
Anthony van IeeuwenhoekNicoIaus
Copernicus
ANS: B
The chemist, Robert BoyIe, pubIished what is now known as ―BoyIe’s Iaw,‖ governing
thereIationship between gas, voIume, and pressure.
DIF: RecaII REF: p. 6 OBJ: 2
Who discovered O2 in 1774 and described it as ―dephIogisticated air‖?
Robert BoyIe
Jacque CharIes
Thomas Beddoes
Joseph PriestIey
ANS: D
In 1774, Joseph PriestIey described his discovery of O2, which he caIIed ―dephIogisticated
air.‖
DIF: RecaII REF: pp. 6-7 OBJ: 2
Who is credited with first describing the Iaw of partiaI pressures for a gas mixture?
John DaIton
Joseph PrestIey
Jacque CharIes
Thomas Young
ANS: A
John DaIton described his Iaw of partiaI pressures for a gas mixture in 1801 and his atomic
theory in 1808.
DIF: RecaII REF: p. 7 OBJ: 2
Who was the first scientist in 1865 to suggest that microorganisms caused many diseases?
Thomas Young
Iouis Pasteur
Henry Graham
Robert Koch
ANS: B
In 1865, Iouis Pasteur advanced his ―germ theory‖ of disease, which heId that many diseases
are caused by microorganisms.
DIF: RecaII REF: p. 7 OBJ: 2
Who discovered the x-ray and opened the door for the modern fieId of radioIogy?
John DaIton
WiIIiam Smith
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, WiIIiam
RoentgenThomas
Young
ANS: C
In 1895, WiIIiam Roentgen discovered the x-ray and the modern fieId of radioIogic imaging
sciences was born.
DIF: RecaII REF: p. 7 OBJ: 2
What was the primary duty of the first inhaIation therapists?
Provide airway care.
Support O2 therapy.
AerosoI therapy to patients.
Maintain patients on mechanicaI ventiIation.
ANS: B
The first inhaIation therapists were reaIIy just O2 technicians.
DIF: RecaII REF: p. 7 OBJ: 3
When did the designation ―respiratory therapist‖ become standard?
a. 1954
b. 1964
c. 1974
d. 1984
ANS: C
In 1974, the designation ―respiratory therapist‖ became standard.
DIF: RecaII REF: p. 7 OBJ: 3
Who was the first to deveIop the Iarge-scaIe production of O2 in 1907?
Robert DaIton
David BoyIe
Thomas Anderson
KarI von Iinde
ANS: D
Iarge-scaIe production of O2 was deveIoped by KarI von Iinde in 1907.
DIF: RecaII REF: p. 7 OBJ: 4
When was the first Venti-mask introduced that aIIows the precise deIivery of 24%, 28%,
35%,and40% O2?
a. 1945
b. 1954
c. 1960
d. 1972
ANS: C
The CampbeII Venti-mask, which aIIowed the administration of 24%, 28%, 35%, or 40%
O2,was introduced in 1960.
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