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,Chapter 01 - History of Respiratory Care
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Egan’s Fundamentals of Respiratory Care, 12th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE yu
Which of the following is an expected role of a respiratory therapist?
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Promoting lung health and yu yu yu
wellness Providing patient
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education
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Assessing the patient’s cardiopulmonary health status
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Selling oxygen (O2) therapy devices to patients
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1 only
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1 and 4 only
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1, 2, and 3 only
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d. 1, 2, 3, and 4
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ANS: C yu
Respiratory care includes the assessment, treatment, management, control, diagnostic
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evaluation, education, and care of patients with deficiencies and abnormalities of the
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cardiopulmonary system. Respiratory care is increasingly involved in the prevention of
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respiratory disease, the management of patients with chronic disease, and promotion of
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health and wellness.
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DIF: Recall REF: y u y u p. 3
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Where are the majority of respiratory therapists employed?
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Skilled nursing facilities yu yu
Diagnostic laboratories
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Hospitals or acute care
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settings Outpatient physician
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offices
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ANS: C yu
Approximately 75% of all respiratory therapists work in hospitals or other acute care settings.
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DIF: Recall REF: y u y u p. 3
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Who is considered to be the “father of medicine”?
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Hippocrates
Galen
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Erasistratus
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Aristotle
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ANS: A yu
The foundation of modern Western medicine was laid in ancient Greece with the
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development of the Hippocratic Corpus. This collection of ancient medical writings is
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attributed to the “father of medicine,” Hippocrates, a Greek physician who lived during
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the fifth and fourth centuries BC.
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DIF: Recall REF: y u y u pp. 3-4yu OBJ: 2 yu
,In 1662, a chemist published a book that described the relationship between gas, volume, and
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pressure. What was the chemist’s name?
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Sir Isaac Newton
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Robert Boyle
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Anthony van Leeuwenhoek yu yu
Nicolaus Copernicus
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ANS: B yu
The chemist, Robert Boyle, published what is now known as “Boyle’s law,” governing the
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relationship between gas, volume, and pressure.
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DIF: Recall REF: y u y u p. 6yu OBJ: y u 2
Who discovered O2 in 1774 and described it as “dephlogisticated air”?
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Robert Boyle yu
Jacque Charles
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Thomas Beddoes
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Joseph Priestley
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ANS: D yu
In 1774, Joseph Priestley described his discovery of O2, which he called
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“dephlogisticated air.”
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DIF: Recall REF: y u y u pp. 6-7 yu OBJ: 2 yu
Who is credited with first describing the law of partial pressures for a gas mixture?
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John Dalton yu
Joseph Prestley
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Jacque Charles
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Thomas Young
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ANS: A yu
John Dalton described his law of partial pressures for a gas mixture in 1801 and his
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atomic theory in 1808.
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DIF: Recall REF: y u y u p. 7yu OBJ: 2 yu
Who was the first scientist in 1865 to suggest that microorganisms caused many diseases?
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Thomas Young yu
Louis Pasteur
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Henry Graham
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Robert Koch
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ANS: B yu
In 1865, Louis Pasteur advanced his “germ theory” of disease, which held that many
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diseases are caused by microorganisms.
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DIF: Recall REF: y u y u p. 7yu OBJ: 2 yu
Who discovered the x-ray and opened the door for the modern field of radiology?
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John Dalton yu
William Smith
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, William Roentgen yu
Thomas Young
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ANS: C yu
In 1895, William Roentgen discovered the x-ray and the modern field of radiologic imaging
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sciences was born.
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DIF: Recall REF: y u y u p. 7 yu OBJ: 2 yu
What was the primary duty of the first inhalation therapists?
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Provide airway care. yu yu
Support O2 therapy.
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Aerosol therapy to
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patients.
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Maintain patients on mechanical ventilation.
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ANS: B yu
The first inhalation therapists were really just O2 technicians.
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DIF: Recall REF: y u y u p. 7 yu OBJ: 3 yu
When did the designation “respiratory therapist” become standard?
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a. 1954
b. 1964
c. 1974
d. 1984
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In 1974, the designation “respiratory therapist” became standard.
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DIF: Recall REF: y u y u p. 7 yu OBJ: 3 yu
Who was the first to develop the large-scale production of O2 in 1907?
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Robert Dalton yu
David Boyle
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Thomas
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Anderson Karl
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von Linde
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ANS: D yu
Large-scale production of O2 was developed by Karl von Linde in 1907.
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DIF: Recall REF: y u y u p. 7 yu OBJ: 4 yu
When was the first Venti-mask introduced that allows the precise delivery of 24%, 28%,
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35%,and 40% O2?
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a. 1945
b. 1954
c. 1960
d. 1972
ANS: y u C
The Campbell Venti-mask, which allowed the administration of 24%, 28%, 35%, or 40%
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O2, was introduced in 1960.
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,Chapter 01 - History of Respiratory Care
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Egan’s Fundamentals of Respiratory Care, 12th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE yu
Which of the following is an expected role of a respiratory therapist?
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Promoting lung health and yu yu yu
wellness Providing patient
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education
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Assessing the patient’s cardiopulmonary health status
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Selling oxygen (O2) therapy devices to patients
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1 only
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1 and 4 only
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1, 2, and 3 only
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d. 1, 2, 3, and 4
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ANS: C yu
Respiratory care includes the assessment, treatment, management, control, diagnostic
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evaluation, education, and care of patients with deficiencies and abnormalities of the
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cardiopulmonary system. Respiratory care is increasingly involved in the prevention of
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respiratory disease, the management of patients with chronic disease, and promotion of
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health and wellness.
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DIF: Recall REF: y u y u p. 3
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Where are the majority of respiratory therapists employed?
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Skilled nursing facilities yu yu
Diagnostic laboratories
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Hospitals or acute care
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settings Outpatient physician
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offices
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ANS: C yu
Approximately 75% of all respiratory therapists work in hospitals or other acute care settings.
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DIF: Recall REF: y u y u p. 3
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Who is considered to be the “father of medicine”?
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Hippocrates
Galen
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Erasistratus
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Aristotle
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ANS: A yu
The foundation of modern Western medicine was laid in ancient Greece with the
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development of the Hippocratic Corpus. This collection of ancient medical writings is
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attributed to the “father of medicine,” Hippocrates, a Greek physician who lived during
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the fifth and fourth centuries BC.
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DIF: Recall REF: y u y u pp. 3-4yu OBJ: 2 yu
,In 1662, a chemist published a book that described the relationship between gas, volume, and
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pressure. What was the chemist’s name?
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Sir Isaac Newton
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Robert Boyle
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Anthony van Leeuwenhoek yu yu
Nicolaus Copernicus
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ANS: B yu
The chemist, Robert Boyle, published what is now known as “Boyle’s law,” governing the
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relationship between gas, volume, and pressure.
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DIF: Recall REF: y u y u p. 6yu OBJ: y u 2
Who discovered O2 in 1774 and described it as “dephlogisticated air”?
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Robert Boyle yu
Jacque Charles
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Thomas Beddoes
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Joseph Priestley
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ANS: D yu
In 1774, Joseph Priestley described his discovery of O2, which he called
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“dephlogisticated air.”
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DIF: Recall REF: y u y u pp. 6-7 yu OBJ: 2 yu
Who is credited with first describing the law of partial pressures for a gas mixture?
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John Dalton yu
Joseph Prestley
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Jacque Charles
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Thomas Young
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ANS: A yu
John Dalton described his law of partial pressures for a gas mixture in 1801 and his
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atomic theory in 1808.
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DIF: Recall REF: y u y u p. 7yu OBJ: 2 yu
Who was the first scientist in 1865 to suggest that microorganisms caused many diseases?
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Thomas Young yu
Louis Pasteur
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Henry Graham
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Robert Koch
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ANS: B yu
In 1865, Louis Pasteur advanced his “germ theory” of disease, which held that many
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diseases are caused by microorganisms.
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DIF: Recall REF: y u y u p. 7yu OBJ: 2 yu
Who discovered the x-ray and opened the door for the modern field of radiology?
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John Dalton yu
William Smith
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, William Roentgen yu
Thomas Young
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ANS: C yu
In 1895, William Roentgen discovered the x-ray and the modern field of radiologic imaging
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sciences was born.
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DIF: Recall REF: y u y u p. 7 yu OBJ: 2 yu
What was the primary duty of the first inhalation therapists?
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Provide airway care. yu yu
Support O2 therapy.
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Aerosol therapy to
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patients.
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Maintain patients on mechanical ventilation.
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ANS: B yu
The first inhalation therapists were really just O2 technicians.
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DIF: Recall REF: y u y u p. 7 yu OBJ: 3 yu
When did the designation “respiratory therapist” become standard?
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a. 1954
b. 1964
c. 1974
d. 1984
ANS: y u C
In 1974, the designation “respiratory therapist” became standard.
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DIF: Recall REF: y u y u p. 7 yu OBJ: 3 yu
Who was the first to develop the large-scale production of O2 in 1907?
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Robert Dalton yu
David Boyle
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Thomas
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Anderson Karl
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von Linde
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ANS: D yu
Large-scale production of O2 was developed by Karl von Linde in 1907.
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DIF: Recall REF: y u y u p. 7 yu OBJ: 4 yu
When was the first Venti-mask introduced that allows the precise delivery of 24%, 28%,
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35%,and 40% O2?
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a. 1945
b. 1954
c. 1960
d. 1972
ANS: y u C
The Campbell Venti-mask, which allowed the administration of 24%, 28%, 35%, or 40%
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O2, was introduced in 1960.
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