Test Bank Egan's Fundamentals of Respiratory Care 13th 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.: Egan’s Fundamentals of Respiratory Care, 13th Edition
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Which of the following is an expected role of a respiratory therapist?
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Promoting lung health and wellness x x x x x


Providing patient education x x


Assessing the patient’s cardiopulmonary health status Selling
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oxygen (O2) therapy devices to patients
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1 only x


1 and 4 only
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1, 2, and 3 only
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d. 1, 2, 3, and 4
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ANS: C x


Respiratory care includes the assessment, treatment, management, control, diagnostic evaluatio
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n, education, and care of patients with deficiencies and abnormalities of the cardiopulmonary sy
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stem. Respiratory care is increasingly involved in the prevention of respiratory disease, the man
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agement of patients with chronic disease, and promotion of health and wellness.
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Where are the majority of respiratory therapists employed?
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Skilled nursing facilities Diagn x x x


ostic laboratories Hospitals or a
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cute care settings Outpatient ph
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ysician offices x




ANS: C x


Approximately 75% of all respiratory therapists work in hospitals or other acute care settings.
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Who is considered to be the ―father of medicine‖?
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Hippocrates Gale x


n Erasistratus Ari
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stotle
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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 ―father o
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f medicine,‖ Hippocrates, a Greek physician who lived during the fifth and fourth centuries BC.
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, In 1662, a chemist published a book that described the relationship between gas, volume, and pressur
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e. What was the chemist’s name?
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Sir Isaac Newton
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Robert Boyle x


Anthony van Leeuwenhoek Nicolau x x x


s Copernicus
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ANS: B x


The chemist, Robert Boyle, published what is now known as ―Boyle’s law,‖ governing the relatio
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nship between gas, volume, and pressure.
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Who discovered O2 in 1774 and described it as ―dephlogisticated air‖?
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Robert Boyle Jacq x x


ue Charles Thoma
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s Beddoes Joseph
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Priestley
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In 1774, Joseph Priestley described his discovery of O2, which he called ―dephlogisticated air
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Who is credited with first describing the law of partial pressures for a gas mixture?
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John Dalton Jose x x


ph Prestley Jacqu
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e Charles Thoma
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s Young
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ANS: A x


John Dalton described his law of partial pressures for a gas mixture in 1801 and his atomic theory
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in 1808.
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Who was the first scientist in 1865 to suggest that microorganisms caused many diseases?
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Thomas Young x x


Louis Pasteur x x


Henry Graham x x


Robert Koch x




ANS: B x


In 1865, Louis Pasteur advanced his ―germ theory‖ of disease, which held that many diseases are
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caused by microorganisms. x x




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Who discovered the x-ray and opened the door for the modern field of radiology?
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John Dalton x x


William Smith x




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, William Roentgen x x


Thomas Young x




ANS: C x


In 1895, William Roentgen discovered the x-
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ray and the modern field of radiologic imaging sciences was born.
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What was the primary duty of the first inhalation therapists?
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Provide airway care. Suppo x x x


rt O2 therapy. Aerosol thera
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py to patients.
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Maintain patients on mechanical ventilation. x x x x




ANS: B x


The first inhalation therapists were really just O2 technicians.
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When did the designation ―respiratory therapist‖ become standard?
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a. 1954
b. 1964
c. 1974
d. 1984
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In 1974, the designation ―respiratory therapist‖ became standard.
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Who was the first to develop the large-scale production of O2 in 1907?
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Robert Dalton Da x x


vid Boyle Thomas x x x


Anderson Karl vo x x


n Linde
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ANS: D x


Large-scale production of O2 was developed by Karl von Linde in 1907.
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When was the first Venti-
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mask introduced that allows the precise delivery of 24%, 28%, 35%,and 40% O2?
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a. 1945
b. 1954
c. 1960
d. 1972
ANS: C x


The Campbell Venti- x x


mask, which allowed the administration of 24%, 28%, 35%, or 40% O2, was introduced in 1960.
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