Test Bank Egan's Fundamentals of Respiratory Care 12th Edition by Robert M. Kacmarek , James K. Stoller ISBN:9780323511124 | Complete Guide A+

, Chapter 01 - History of Respiratory Care
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Kacmarek et al.: yEgan’s yFundamentals yof Respiratory yCare, y13th yEdition
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MULTIPLE yCHOICE

Which of the yfollowing yis yan yexpected yrole yof a yrespiratory therapist?
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Promoting ylung yhealth yand wellness Ui


yProviding ypatient education Ui


Assessing ythe ypatient’s ycardiopulmonary health status y Selli Ui Ui


yng yoxygen y(O2) ytherapy devices yto ypatients Ui


1 yonly
1 yand y 4 y only
1, y2, y and y3 y only
d. y 1, y2, y 3, y and y 4
ANS: y C
Respiratory care yincludes ythe yassessment, ytreatment, ymanagement, ycontrol, ydiagnostic yevalu
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yation, yeducation, yand ycare yof patients ywith ydeficiencies yand yabnormalities yof the ycardiopul
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ymonary ysystem. yRespiratory care yis yincreasingly yinvolved yin the Ui Ui


yprevention of respiratory d yisease, ythe ymanagement yof patients ywith ychronic ydisease, yand
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ypromotion of health y and y wellne yss.
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DIF: Recall REF: p. y 3 OBJ: y 1

Where yare ythe ymajority of respiratoryytherapists yemployed?
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Skilled ynursing yfacilities yDiag
ynostic ylaboratories yHospitals

yo yr acute ycare settings
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yOutpatient yphysician yoffices



ANS: y C
Approximatelyy75% yof all yrespiratoryytherapists ywork in yhospitals yor yother yacute ycare settings.
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DIF: Recall REF: p. y 3 OBJ: y 1

Who is yconsidered to ybe ythe y―father yof medicine‖?
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Hippocrates yGal
yen yErasistratus

yAristotle



ANS: y A
The yfoundation yof modern yWestern ymedicine ywas ylaid in ancient yGreece ywith the ydevelopmen
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yt y of the y Hippocratic y Corpus. y This y collection y of ancient y medical y writings y is y attributed
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y to y the

―father yof medicine,‖ yHippocrates, ya Greek yphysician ywho ylived during ythe yfifth yand yfourt
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yh centuries yBC.
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DIF: Recall REF: pp. y3-4 OBJ: y 2




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,In y1662, ya ychemist ypublished a ybook ythat described ythe yrelationship ybetween ygas, yvolume,
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yand pr yessure. yWhat was ythe ychemist’s yname?
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SiryIsaacyNewton
yRobert yBoyle

Anthony van Leeuwenhoek yNicola
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yus yCopernicus



ANS: y B
The ychemist, yRobert yBoyle, ypublished what yis ynow yknown yas y―Boyle’s ylaw,‖ ygoverning the yre
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ylationship ybetween ygas, yvolume, yand ypressure.




DIF: Recall REF: p. y 6 OBJ: 2

Who discovered yO2 y in y1774 yand ydescribed it yas y―dephlogisticated yair‖?
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Robert yBoyle yJac
yque yCharles yTho

ymas yBeddoes yJose

yph Priestley
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ANS: y D
In y1774, yJoseph Priestley described yhis ydiscovery of O2, ywhich he ycalled y―dephlogisticate
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yd air.‖
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DIF: Recall REF: pp. y6-7 OBJ: y 2

Who is ycredited ywith yfirst describing ythe ylaw yof partial ypressures yfor ya gas ymixture?
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John yDalton yJos
yeph Prestley Ui


yJac yque yCharles

yTho ymas

yYoung



ANS: y A
John yDalton described yhis ylaw of partial ypressures yfor a ygas ymixture yin 1801 yand yhis yatomic
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yt yheory yin y1808.




DIF: Recall REF: p. y 7 OBJ: y 2

Who was ythe yfirst yscientist yin 1865 yto ysuggest ythat ymicroorganisms ycaused many diseases?
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Thomas yYoung
yLouis yPasteur

yHenry Graha Ui


m yRobert

yKoch



ANS: y B
In y1865, yLouis yPasteur yadvanced his y―germ ytheory‖ yof disease, ywhich held ythat ymany diseases
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yare ycaused yby ymicroorganisms.




DIF: Recall REF: p. y 7 OBJ: y 2

Who ydiscovered ythe yx-ray yand yopened the ydoor yfor the ymodern field yof radiology?
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John yDalton
yWilliam

ySmith

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