EGAN'S CHAPTER 1 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS | LATEST UPDATE

Respiratory Care -:- The health care discipline that specializes in the promotion of optimum cardiopulmonary function and health. Respiratory therapists (RTs) -:- apply scientific principles to prevent, identify, and treat acute or chronic dysfunction of the cardiopulmonary system. Respiratory care includes the assessment, treatment, management control, diagnostic evaluation, education, and care of patients with deficiencies and abnormalities of the cardiopulmonary system. Respiratory Care Practitioners -:- A graduate of a CoARC accredited school designed to qualify the graduate for the registry examination of the National Boa rd of Respiratory Care (NBRC). The first health care specialists appeared when? 2 | P a g e | G r a d e A + | 2 0 2 4 / 2 0 2 5 2 0 2 4 /2025 | © copyright | This work may not be copied for profit gain | Excel! -:- 1940s When did the first therapeutic administration of oxygen occur? When was it established, and when was it routinely used? -:- 1798. Use of oxygen to treat respiratory disease became established by the 1920s, and oxygen was used routinely in hospitals by the 1940s. Aerosol Therapy -:- The administration of liquid or powdered aerosol particles via inhalation to achieve a desired therapeutic effect. Mechanical Ventilation -:- refers to the use of mechanical device to provide ventilatory support for patients Airway Management -:- the use of various techniques and devices to establish and/or maintain a functional air passageway. 3 | P a g e | G r a d e A + | 2 0 2 4 / 2 0 2 5 2 0 2 4 /2025 | © copyright | This work may not be copied for profit gain | Excel! Pulmonary function testing -:- Diagnostic procedure(s) that provide objective, quantifiable measures of lung function Hutchinson observed what? -:- the relationship between height and lung volume and that vital capacity decreases with age, obesity, and lung disease Inhalational Therapy Association (ITA) -:- Founded in 1947 in Chicago, it was the first professional association for the field of respiratory care What is the purpose of ITA? -:- To encourage and promote professional excellence![provide for professional advancement, foster cooperation with physicians, and advance the knowledge of inhalation therapy through educational activities] 4 | P a g e | G r a d e A + | 2 0 2 4 / 2 0 2 5 2 0 2 4 /2025 | © copyright | This work may not be copied for profit gain | Excel! What are the many names of the ITA? (4 total & dates