RT 121 Test 1 Questions and Answers
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Joseph Priestly 1774 - CORRECT ANSWER-discovered oxygen
How did Joseph priestly discover oxygen - CORRECT ANSWER-by heating red
oxide of mercury
A candle burns more vigorously in presence of - CORRECT ANSWER-oxygen
Hippocrates - CORRECT ANSWER-first to describe digital clubbing
Andreas Vesalius - CORRECT ANSWER-first to use tracheostomy tube,
documented pneumothorax, ventricular fibrillation
Gustav Magnus - CORRECT ANSWER-first scientist credited for quantitative
analysis of O2 & CO2
Robert Heinrich Herman Koch & Louis Pasteur - CORRECT ANSWER-
Scientists regarded fathers of germ theory & microbiology
Thomas Beddoes - CORRECT ANSWER-first clinician to implement therapeutic
use of medical gases
John Hutchinson - CORRECT ANSWER-surgeon developed/used first
spirometer measuring effects of lung disease on lung volumes
, Christian Bohr - CORRECT ANSWER-O2 binding to hemoglobin
Bohr shift in oxyhemoglobin-dissociation curve
How to get credit for discovering a gas - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Preparation of
a gas 2. Identification of a gas 3. Oral/ Written communication to other scientists
4. Publication
1907 - CORRECT ANSWER-Development of nasal cannula
1918 - CORRECT ANSWER-Development of oxygen mask
1926 - CORRECT ANSWER-development of a crude 'iron lung'
How did the iron lung work? - CORRECT ANSWER-Ventilation was performed
by raising & lowering pressure within chamber
1939 - CORRECT ANSWER-Dr. Paul Flagg developed a model department called
'gas therapy' or 'pneumotology'
1947 - CORRECT ANSWER-Dr's in chicago realized a need and developed the
'Inhalation therapy Association'. A non-profit charter organization. O2 continued
to be administered by 'tank jockeys'
Late 1950-1960 - CORRECT ANSWER-'Inhalation therapy' departments opening;
for O2 delivery, & delivery of medications by positive pressure
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Joseph Priestly 1774 - CORRECT ANSWER-discovered oxygen
How did Joseph priestly discover oxygen - CORRECT ANSWER-by heating red
oxide of mercury
A candle burns more vigorously in presence of - CORRECT ANSWER-oxygen
Hippocrates - CORRECT ANSWER-first to describe digital clubbing
Andreas Vesalius - CORRECT ANSWER-first to use tracheostomy tube,
documented pneumothorax, ventricular fibrillation
Gustav Magnus - CORRECT ANSWER-first scientist credited for quantitative
analysis of O2 & CO2
Robert Heinrich Herman Koch & Louis Pasteur - CORRECT ANSWER-
Scientists regarded fathers of germ theory & microbiology
Thomas Beddoes - CORRECT ANSWER-first clinician to implement therapeutic
use of medical gases
John Hutchinson - CORRECT ANSWER-surgeon developed/used first
spirometer measuring effects of lung disease on lung volumes
, Christian Bohr - CORRECT ANSWER-O2 binding to hemoglobin
Bohr shift in oxyhemoglobin-dissociation curve
How to get credit for discovering a gas - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Preparation of
a gas 2. Identification of a gas 3. Oral/ Written communication to other scientists
4. Publication
1907 - CORRECT ANSWER-Development of nasal cannula
1918 - CORRECT ANSWER-Development of oxygen mask
1926 - CORRECT ANSWER-development of a crude 'iron lung'
How did the iron lung work? - CORRECT ANSWER-Ventilation was performed
by raising & lowering pressure within chamber
1939 - CORRECT ANSWER-Dr. Paul Flagg developed a model department called
'gas therapy' or 'pneumotology'
1947 - CORRECT ANSWER-Dr's in chicago realized a need and developed the
'Inhalation therapy Association'. A non-profit charter organization. O2 continued
to be administered by 'tank jockeys'
Late 1950-1960 - CORRECT ANSWER-'Inhalation therapy' departments opening;
for O2 delivery, & delivery of medications by positive pressure
COPYRIGHT ©️ 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
