Egan’s Fundamentals of Respiratory Care
Robert M. Kacmarek, James K. Stoller, & Al Heuer
12th Edition
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,Table of Contents
Chapter 01 History of Respiratory Care 1
Chapter 02 The Profession of Respiratory Therapy 9
Chapter 03 Quality, Patient Safety, and Communication 14
Chapter 04 Principles of Infection Prevention and Control 24
Chapter 05 Ethical and Legal Implications of Practice 35
Chapter 06 Physical Principles of Respiratory Care 47
Chapter 07 E-Medicine in Respiratory Care 73
Chapter 08 Fundamentals of Respiratory Care Research 81
Chapter 09 The Respiratory System 85
Chapter 10 The Cardiovascular System 121
Chapter 11 Ventilation 140
Chapter 12 Gas Exchange and Transport 161
Chapter 13 Solutions, Body Fluids, and Electrolytes 186
Chapter 14 Acid-Base Balance 212
Chapter 15 Regulation of Breathing 241
Chapter 16 Bedside Assessment of the Patient 255
Chapter 17 Interpreting Clinical and Laboratory Data 283
Chapter 18 Interpreting the Electrocardiogram 294
Chapter 19 Analysis and Monitoring of Gas Exchange 305
Chapter 20 Pulmonary Function Testing 338
Chapter 21 Review of Thoracic Imaging 360
Chapter 22 Flexible Bronchoscopy and the Respiratory Therapist 373
Chapter 23 Nutrition Assessment 382
Chapter 24 Pulmonary Infections 396
Chapter 25 Obstructive Lung Disease Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Asthma, and
Related Diseases 412
Chapter 26 Interstitial Lung Disease 429
Chapter 27 Pleural Diseases 442
Chapter 28 Pulmonary Vascular Disease 454
Chapter 29 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome 471
Chapter 30 Respiratory Management Trauma, Obesity, and Burns 481
Chapter 31 Acute Heart Failure 489
Chapter 32 Lung Cancer 494
Chapter 33 Neuromuscular and Other Diseases of the Chest Wall 502
Chapter 34 Disorders of Sleep 511
Chapter 35 Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Disorders 520
Chapter 36 Airway Pharmacology 541
Chapter 37 Airway Management 562
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,Chapter 38 Emergency Cardiovascular Life Support 588
Chapter 39 Humidity and Bland Aerosol Therapy 607
Chapter 40 Aerosol Drug Therapy 640
Chapter 41 Storage and Delivery of Medical Gases 675
Chapter 42 Medical Gas Therapy 697
Chapter 43 Lung Expansion Therapy 724
Chapter 44 Airway Clearance Therapy (ACT) 744
Chapter 45 Respiratory Failure and the Need for Ventilatory Support 773
Chapter 46 Mechanical Ventilators 788
Chapter 47 Physiology of Ventilatory Support 797
Chapter 48 Patient Ventilator Interaction 823
Chapter 49 Initiating and Adjusting Invasive Ventilatory Support 830
Chapter 50 Noninvasive Ventilation 859
Chapter 51 Extracorporeal Life Support (ECLS) 874
Chapter 52 Monitoring the Patient in the Intensive Care Unit 882
Chapter 53 Discontinuing Ventilatory Support 898
Chapter 54 Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care 917
Chapter 55 Patient Education and Health Promotion 926
Chapter 56 Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation 932
Chapter 57 Respiratory Care in Alternative Settings 952
Chapter 58 Ethics and the End of Life 988
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Test Bank - Egan’s Fundamentals of Respiratory Care, 12th edition (Kacmarek, 2021)
Chapter 01: History of Respiratory Care
Kacmarek: Egan’s Fundamentals of Respiratory Care, 12th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following is an expected role of a respiratory therapist?
1. Promoting lung health and wellness
2. Providing patient education
3. Assessing the patient’s cardiopulmonary health status
4. Selling oxygen (O2) therapy devices to patients
a. 1 and 3 only
b. 2 and 4 only
c. 1, 2, and 3 only
d. 2, 3, and 4 only
ANS: C
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 is increasingly involved in the prevention of
respiratory disease, the management of patients with chronic disease, and promotion of health
and wellness.
DIF: Recall OBJ: 1
2. Where are the majority of respiratory therapists employed?
a. Skilled nursing facilities
b. Diagnostic laboratories
c. Hospitals or acute care settings
d. Outpatient physician offices
ANS: C
Approximately 75% of all respiratory therapists work in hospitals or other acute care settings.
DIF: Recall OBJ: 1
3. Who is considered to be the “father of medicine”?
a. Hippocrates
b. Galen
c. Erasistratus
d. Aristotle
ANS: A
The foundation of modern Western medicine was laid in ancient Greece with the development
of the Hippocratic Corpus. This collection of ancient medical writings is attributed to the
“father of medicine,” Hippocrates, a Greek physician who lived during the fifth and fourth
centuries BC.
DIF: Recall OBJ: 2
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