Test Bank- Egan's Fundamentals of Respiratory Care 13th Edition ( James K. Stoller, ) All Chapters 1-58|| Newest Edition 2024|2025

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, Chapter 01 - History of Respiratory Care
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Kacmarek et al.: Egan’s Fundamentals of Respiratory Care, 13th Edition
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Which of the following is an expected role of a respiratory therapist?
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Promoting lung health and wellness x x x x x
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Assessing the patient’s cardiopulmonary health status Selling
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oxygen (O2) therapy devices to patients
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Respiratory care includes the assessment, treatment, management, control, diagnostic evaluatio
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stem. Respiratory care is increasingly involved in the prevention of respiratory disease, the man
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agement of patients with chronic disease, and promotion of health and wellness.
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DIF: Recall REF: p. 3 x x
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Where are the majority of respiratory therapists employed?
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Skilled nursing facilities Diagn
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cute care settings Outpatient ph
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Approximately 75% of all respiratory therapists work in hospitals or other acute care settings.
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DIF: Recall REF: p. 3 x x OBJ: 1 x
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Who is considered to be the ―father of medicine‖?
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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 o
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f medicine,‖ Hippocrates, a Greek physician who lived during the fifth and fourth centuries BC.
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DIF: Recall REF: pp. 3-4 x x OBJ: 2 x




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, In 1662, a chemist published a book that described the relationship between gas, volume, and pressur
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e. What was the chemist’s name?
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Sir Isaac Newton
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Robert Boyle x


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s Copernicus
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The chemist, Robert Boyle, published what is now known as ―Boyle’s law,‖ governing the relatio
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nship between gas, volume, and pressure.
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DIF: Recall REF: p. 6 x x OBJ: 2 x




Who discovered O2 in 1774 and described it as ―dephlogisticated air‖?
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Robert Boyle Jacq
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In 1774, Joseph Priestley described his discovery of O2, which he called ―dephlogisticated air
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Who is credited with first describing the law of partial pressures for a gas mixture?
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John Dalton described his law of partial pressures for a gas mixture in 1801 and his atomic theory
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DIF: Recall REF: p. 7 x x OBJ: 2 x
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Who was the first scientist in 1865 to suggest that microorganisms caused many diseases?
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In 1865, Louis Pasteur advanced his ―germ theory‖ of disease, which held that many diseases are
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caused by microorganisms. x x




DIF: Recall REF: p. 7 x x OBJ: 2 x




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


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, William Roentgen x x


Thomas Young x




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




What was the primary duty of the first inhalation therapists?
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Provide airway care. Suppo x x x
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Maintain patients on mechanical ventilation. x x x x




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DIF: Recall REF: p. 7 x x OBJ: 3 x




When did the designation ―respiratory therapist‖ become standard?
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a. 1954
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In 1974, the designation ―respiratory therapist‖ became standard.
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DIF: Recall REF: p. 7 x x OBJ: 3 x
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Who was the first to develop the large-scale production of O2 in 1907?
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Large-scale production of O2 was developed by Karl von Linde in 1907.
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When was the first Venti-
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mask introduced that allows the precise delivery of 24%, 28%, 35%,and 40% O2?
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a. 1945
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The Campbell Venti- x x


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