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Promoting lung health and wellness ss ss ss ss



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Respiratory care includes the assessment, treatment, management, control, diagnostic ss ss ss ss ss ss ss ss



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cardiopulmonary system. Respiratory care is increasingly involved in the prevention of
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respiratorydisease, the management of patients with chronic disease, and promotion of health
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and wellness.
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Where are the majorityof respiratory therapists employed?
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Diagnostic laboratories
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Hospitals or acute care settings
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Outpatient physician offices
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Approximately75% of all respiratory therapists work in hospitals or other acute care settings. s ss ss ss ss ss ss ss ss ss ss ss ss




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Who is considered to be the ―father of medicine‖?
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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
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―father of medicine,‖ Hippocrates, a Greek physician who lived during the fifth and fourth
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centuries BC.
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pressure. What was the chemist’s name?
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Robert Boyle
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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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Who discovered O2 in 1774 and described it as ―dephlogisticated air‖?
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Jacque Charles
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Thomas Beddoes
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Joseph Priestley
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In 1774, Joseph Priestley described his discoveryof O2, which he called ―dephlogisticated
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air.‖
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Who is credited with first describing the law of partial pressures for a gas mixture?
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Joseph Prestley
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Jacque Charles
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Thomas Young
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John Dalton described his law of partial pressures for a gas mixture in 1801 and his atomic
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theory in 1808.
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Who was the first scientist in 1865 to suggest that microorganisms caused many diseases?
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Louis Pasteur
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Henry Graham
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Robert Koch
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In 1865, Louis Pasteur advanced his ―germ theory‖ of disease, which held that manydiseases are
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caused by microorganisms.
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Who discovered the x-ray and opened the door for the modern field of radiology?
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sciences was born.
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What was the primaryduty of the first inhalation therapists?
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Support O2 therapy.
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Aerosol therapyto patients.
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Maintain patients on mechanical ventilation. ss ss ss ss




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The first inhalation therapists were reallyjust O2 technicians.
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When did the designation ―respiratorytherapist‖ become standard?
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a. 1954
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In 1974, the designation ―respiratorytherapist‖ became standard.
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Who was the first to develop the large-scale production of O2 in 1907?
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Large-scale production of O2 was developed by Karl von Linde in 1907.
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When was the first Venti-mask introduced that allows the precise delivery of 24%, 28%, 35%,and
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40% O2?
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a. 1945
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