Test Bank for Egan’s Fundamentals of
Respiratory Care Verified Questions
With Complete Answer
\.Expected role of a respiratory therapist
Promoting lung health and wellness, providing patient education, assessing the patient's
cardiopulmonary health status.
\.Majority employment of respiratory therapists
Approximately 75% of all respiratory therapists work in hospitals or other acute care settings.
\.Father of medicine
Hippocrates, a Greek physician who lived during the fifth and fourth centuries BC.
\.Boyle's law
Describes the relationship between gas, volume, and pressure, published by Robert Boyle.
\.Discovery of O2 in 1774
Joseph Priestley described O2 as 'dephlogisticated air'.
\.Law of partial pressures
Described by John Dalton in 1801.
\.Germ theory of disease
Proposed by Louis Pasteur in 1865, stating that many diseases are caused by microorganisms.
\.Discovery of the x-ray
William Roentgen discovered the x-ray in 1895.
\.Primary duty of first inhalation therapists
Support O2 therapy.
\.Standardization of 'respiratory therapist' designation
Became standard in 1974.
,\.Large-scale production of O2 in 1907
Developed by Karl von Linde.
\.First Venti-mask introduction
Allows the precise delivery of 24%, 28%, 35%, and 40% O2.
\.Hippocratic Corpus
A collection of ancient medical writings attributed to Hippocrates.
\.O2 therapy devices
Devices sold to patients for oxygen therapy.
\.Respiratory care
Includes assessment, treatment, management, control, diagnostic evaluation, education, and
care of patients with cardiopulmonary system deficiencies.
\.Chronic disease management
Involves the management of patients with chronic respiratory diseases.
\.Promotion of health and wellness
An increasing role of respiratory care.
\.Acute care settings
The primary employment setting for respiratory therapists.
\.Robert Boyle
Published Boyle's law regarding gas, volume, and pressure.
\.Joseph Priestley
Discovered O2 and referred to it as 'dephlogisticated air'.
\.John Dalton's contributions
Described the law of partial pressures and atomic theory.
\.Louis Pasteur's contribution
Advanced the germ theory of disease.
\.William Roentgen's discovery
, Opened the door for modern radiology.
\.Campbell Venti-mask
Allowed the administration of 24%, 28%, 35%, or 40% O2, introduced in 1960.
\.Aerosolized glucocorticoids
Used for the maintenance of patients with moderate to severe asthma, first introduced in the
1970s.
\.Inotropes
Medications that have never been delivered as an aerosol by a respiratory therapist.
\.Iron lung
Developed by Drinker and Emerson, extensively used to treat the polio epidemic in the 1950s.
\.Dräger Pulmotor
One of the first positive-pressure ventilators developed, introduced in 1911.
\.Positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP)
Introduced for use in patients with ARDS in 1967.
\.Synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation (SIMV)
Introduced in 1975.
\.Laryngoscope
Introduced by Chevalier Jackson in 1913.
\.Soft rubber endotracheal tubes
Introduced by Ivan McGill around 1930.
\.Water seal spirometer
Developed by John Hutchinson in 1846, allowed accurate measurement of the patient's vital
capacity.
\.Inhalational Therapy Association (ITA)
The first professional organization for the field of respiratory care, founded in 1947 in Chicago.
\.American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC)
Respiratory Care Verified Questions
With Complete Answer
\.Expected role of a respiratory therapist
Promoting lung health and wellness, providing patient education, assessing the patient's
cardiopulmonary health status.
\.Majority employment of respiratory therapists
Approximately 75% of all respiratory therapists work in hospitals or other acute care settings.
\.Father of medicine
Hippocrates, a Greek physician who lived during the fifth and fourth centuries BC.
\.Boyle's law
Describes the relationship between gas, volume, and pressure, published by Robert Boyle.
\.Discovery of O2 in 1774
Joseph Priestley described O2 as 'dephlogisticated air'.
\.Law of partial pressures
Described by John Dalton in 1801.
\.Germ theory of disease
Proposed by Louis Pasteur in 1865, stating that many diseases are caused by microorganisms.
\.Discovery of the x-ray
William Roentgen discovered the x-ray in 1895.
\.Primary duty of first inhalation therapists
Support O2 therapy.
\.Standardization of 'respiratory therapist' designation
Became standard in 1974.
,\.Large-scale production of O2 in 1907
Developed by Karl von Linde.
\.First Venti-mask introduction
Allows the precise delivery of 24%, 28%, 35%, and 40% O2.
\.Hippocratic Corpus
A collection of ancient medical writings attributed to Hippocrates.
\.O2 therapy devices
Devices sold to patients for oxygen therapy.
\.Respiratory care
Includes assessment, treatment, management, control, diagnostic evaluation, education, and
care of patients with cardiopulmonary system deficiencies.
\.Chronic disease management
Involves the management of patients with chronic respiratory diseases.
\.Promotion of health and wellness
An increasing role of respiratory care.
\.Acute care settings
The primary employment setting for respiratory therapists.
\.Robert Boyle
Published Boyle's law regarding gas, volume, and pressure.
\.Joseph Priestley
Discovered O2 and referred to it as 'dephlogisticated air'.
\.John Dalton's contributions
Described the law of partial pressures and atomic theory.
\.Louis Pasteur's contribution
Advanced the germ theory of disease.
\.William Roentgen's discovery
, Opened the door for modern radiology.
\.Campbell Venti-mask
Allowed the administration of 24%, 28%, 35%, or 40% O2, introduced in 1960.
\.Aerosolized glucocorticoids
Used for the maintenance of patients with moderate to severe asthma, first introduced in the
1970s.
\.Inotropes
Medications that have never been delivered as an aerosol by a respiratory therapist.
\.Iron lung
Developed by Drinker and Emerson, extensively used to treat the polio epidemic in the 1950s.
\.Dräger Pulmotor
One of the first positive-pressure ventilators developed, introduced in 1911.
\.Positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP)
Introduced for use in patients with ARDS in 1967.
\.Synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation (SIMV)
Introduced in 1975.
\.Laryngoscope
Introduced by Chevalier Jackson in 1913.
\.Soft rubber endotracheal tubes
Introduced by Ivan McGill around 1930.
\.Water seal spirometer
Developed by John Hutchinson in 1846, allowed accurate measurement of the patient's vital
capacity.
\.Inhalational Therapy Association (ITA)
The first professional organization for the field of respiratory care, founded in 1947 in Chicago.
\.American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC)
