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Kacmarek: Egan’s Fundamentals of Respiratory Care, 13th Edition
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1. Which of the following is an expected role of a respiratory therapist?
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1. Promoting lung health and wellness dt dt dt dt



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Respiratory care includes the assessment, treatment, management, control, diagnostic evaluatio
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n, education, and care of patients with deficiencies and abnormalities of the cardiopulmonary sy
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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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2. Where are the majority of respiratory therapists employed?
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Approximately 75% of all respiratory therapists work in hospitals or other acute care settings. dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt




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3. Who is considered to be the “father of medicine”?
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a. Hippocrates
b. Galen
c. Erasistratus
d. Aristotle
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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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