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, Chapter 01: History of Respiratory Care
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Kacmarek: Egan’s Fundamentals of Respiratory Care, 13th Edition
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1. Which of the following is an expected role of a respiratory therapist?
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1. Promoting lung health and wellness sd sd sd sd



2. Providing patient education sd sd



3. Assessing the patient’s cardiopulmonary health status sd sd sd sd sd



4. Selling oxygen (O2) therapy devices to patients sd sd sd sd sd sd



a. 1 and 3 only sd sd sd



b. 2 and 4 only sd sd sd



c. 1, 2, and 3 only sd sd sd sd



d. 2, 3, and 4 only sd sd sd sd




ANS: C s d



Respiratory care includes the assessment, treatment, management, control, diagnostic evaluati
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on, education, and care of patients with deficiencies and abnormalities of the cardiopulmonary
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system. Respiratory care is increasingly involved in the prevention of respiratory disease, the m
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anagement of patients with chronic disease, and promotion of health and wellness.
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2. Where are the majority of respiratory therapists employed?
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a. Skilled nursing facilities sd sd



b. Diagnostic laboratories sd



c. Hospitals or acute care settings sd sd sd sd



d. Outpatient physician offices sd sd




ANS: C s d



Approximately 75% of all respiratory therapists work in hospitals or other acute care settings.
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3. Who is considered to be the “father of medicine”?
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a. Hippocrates
b. Galen
c. Erasistratus
d. Aristotle
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The foundation of modern Western medicine was laid in ancient Greece with the development o
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f the Hippocratic Corpus. This collection of ancient medical writings is attributed to the “father
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of medicine,” Hippocrates, a Greek physician who lived during the fifth and fourth centuries
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BC.

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