Respiratory Care Review Exam 1
Questions and Answers (Latest Update
2025)
What is "Hypoxia" - Correct Answer ✅It means low oxygen,
abnormal deficiency of O2 in arterial blood
What is a nebulizer - Correct Answer ✅a medical device
that produces aerosol with suspended liquid particles in a
gas.
This means that respiratory drugs can be inhaled.
Inhalation Therapy in 1950's - Correct Answer ✅T he need
for trained respiratory technicians established by the
"Standards of Effective Administration of Inhalation Therapy"
Polio epidemic creates need for Iron Lung
Oxygen cylinder safety systems & plastic oxygen masks
developed
Which company patented the Nasal Cannula? - Correct
Answer ✅Hudson Oxygen
,Respiratory Care Review Exam 1
Questions and Answers (Latest Update
2025)
When did the first Respiratory Therapists become
credentialed? - Correct Answer ✅1961
What happened in the 1960's - Correct Answer ✅O2 and
Air piping systems in hospitals
tracheotomy mask introduced
12 month RT training programs accepted by American
Medical Association
Pediatric therapy introduced
In the 1970's? - Correct Answer ✅College sponsorship
required for therapist programs
Name change: American Association for Respiratory Therapy
, Respiratory Care Review Exam 1
Questions and Answers (Latest Update
2025)
What acronym did the AART become? - Correct Answer
✅AARC: American Association for Respiratory Care
What is an RCP? - Correct Answer ✅Respiratory Care
Practitioner
-State Licensure
-Have to show proof of passing the CRT/RRT examination
-$160/year
-RT students may work in patient care if enrolled as RT
student
What credentials must you have to become an RRT? -
Correct Answer ✅Must take the National Board for
Respiratory Care (NBRC)
What is the NBRC? - Correct Answer ✅National Board for
Respiratory Care, it is a health certifying board created to
evaluate the professional competence of respiratory
therapists.
Questions and Answers (Latest Update
2025)
What is "Hypoxia" - Correct Answer ✅It means low oxygen,
abnormal deficiency of O2 in arterial blood
What is a nebulizer - Correct Answer ✅a medical device
that produces aerosol with suspended liquid particles in a
gas.
This means that respiratory drugs can be inhaled.
Inhalation Therapy in 1950's - Correct Answer ✅T he need
for trained respiratory technicians established by the
"Standards of Effective Administration of Inhalation Therapy"
Polio epidemic creates need for Iron Lung
Oxygen cylinder safety systems & plastic oxygen masks
developed
Which company patented the Nasal Cannula? - Correct
Answer ✅Hudson Oxygen
,Respiratory Care Review Exam 1
Questions and Answers (Latest Update
2025)
When did the first Respiratory Therapists become
credentialed? - Correct Answer ✅1961
What happened in the 1960's - Correct Answer ✅O2 and
Air piping systems in hospitals
tracheotomy mask introduced
12 month RT training programs accepted by American
Medical Association
Pediatric therapy introduced
In the 1970's? - Correct Answer ✅College sponsorship
required for therapist programs
Name change: American Association for Respiratory Therapy
, Respiratory Care Review Exam 1
Questions and Answers (Latest Update
2025)
What acronym did the AART become? - Correct Answer
✅AARC: American Association for Respiratory Care
What is an RCP? - Correct Answer ✅Respiratory Care
Practitioner
-State Licensure
-Have to show proof of passing the CRT/RRT examination
-$160/year
-RT students may work in patient care if enrolled as RT
student
What credentials must you have to become an RRT? -
Correct Answer ✅Must take the National Board for
Respiratory Care (NBRC)
What is the NBRC? - Correct Answer ✅National Board for
Respiratory Care, it is a health certifying board created to
evaluate the professional competence of respiratory
therapists.
