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Describe the AARC (American Association for Respiratory Care) - ANSWER-began as ITA -professional organization of RTs -goal: advocates for the profession to legislative and regulatory bodies and is affiliated with all 50 state respiratory societies Describe CoARC (Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory care) - ANSWER-(1996) accredits and establishes respiratory care educational programs in the US -previously called: JRCTE Describe the NBRC (National Board of Respiratory Care) - ANSWER-(1983) the national credentialing agency for respiratory care practitioners and pulmonary function technologists Who is the father of medicine? - ANSWERHippocrates T/F: Torricelli invented the Mercury barometer - ANSWERTRUE What is Pascual's major contribution? - ANSWERHe showed that atmospheric pressure decrease with altitude. Who described the properties of carbon dioxide (CO2)? - ANSWERBlack Who discovered oxygen (dephlogisticated air)? - ANSWERPriestly The relationship between gas temperature and volume, known as Charles' law is a major contribution from? - ANSWERCharles What is Dalton's major contribution? - ANSWER-he described the law of partial pressures for a gas mixture -atomic theory Who described the relationship between pressure and surface tension in droplets? - ANSWERLaPlace