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Kacmarek et al.: Egan’s Fundamentals of Respiratory Care, 11th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
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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 gf gf gf gf
2. Providing patient education gf gf
3. Assessing the patient’s cardiopulmonary health status gf gf gf gf gf
4. Selling oxygen (O2) therapy devices to patients
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ANSWER: g f C
Respiratory care includes the assessment, treatment, management, control, diagnostic
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evaluation, education, and care of patients with deficiencies and abnormalities of the
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cardiopulmonary system. Respiratory care is increasingly involved in the prevention of
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respiratory disease, the management of patients with chronic disease, and promotion of
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health and wellness.
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2. Where are the majority of respiratory therapists employed?
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a. Skilled nursing facilities gf gf
b. Diagnostic laboratories gf
c. Hospitals or acute care settings gf gf gf gf
d. Outpatient physician offices gf gf
ANSWER: g f C
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
ANSWER: g f A
The foundation of modern Western medicine was laid in ancient Greece with the
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development of the Hippocratic Corpus. This collection of ancient medical writings is
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attributed to the “father of medicine,” Hippocrates, a Greek physician who lived during
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the fifth and fourth centuries BC.
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,4. In 1662, a chemist published a book that described the relationship between gas,
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volume, and pressure. What was the chemist’s name?
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a. Sir Isaac Newtongf gf
b. Robert Boyle gf
c. Anthony van Leeuwenhoek gf gf
d. Nicolaus Copernicus gf
ANSWER: g f B
The chemist, Robert Boyle, published what is now known as “Boyle’s law,” governing the
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relationship between gas, volume, and pressure.
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5. Who discovered O2 in 1774 and described it as “dephlogisticated air”?
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a. Robert Boyle gf
b. Jacque Charles gf
c. Thomas Beddoes gf
d. Joseph Priestley gf
ANSWER: g f D
In 1774, Joseph Priestley described his discovery of O2, which he called “dephlogisticated
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air.”
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6. Who is credited with first describing the law of partial pressures for a gas mixture?
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a. John Dalton gf
b. Joseph Prestley gf
c. Jacque Charles gf
d. Thomas Young gf
ANSWER: g f A
John Dalton described his law of partial pressures for a gas mixture in 1801 and his atomic
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theory in 1808.
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7. Who was the first scientist in 1865 to suggest that microorganisms caused many diseases?
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a. Thomas Young gf
b. Louis Pasteur gf
c. Henry Graham gf
d. Robert Koch gf
ANSWER: g f B
In 1865, Louis Pasteur advanced his “germ theory” of disease, which held that many
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diseases are caused by microorganisms.
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8. Who discovered the x-ray and opened the door for the modern field of radiology?
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a. John Dalton gf
b. William Smith gf
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d. Thomas Young gf
ANSWER: g f C
In 1895, William Roentgen discovered the x-ray and the modern field of radiologic imaging
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sciences was born.
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9. What was the primary duty of the first inhalation therapists?
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a. Provide airway care. gf gf
b. Support O2 therapy. gf gf
c. Aerosol therapy to patients. gf gf gf
d. Maintain patients on mechanical ventilation. gf gf gf gf
ANSWER: g f B
The first inhalation therapists were really just O2 techniciANSWER.
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10. When did the designation “respiratory therapist” become standard?
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a. 1954
b. 1964
c. 1974
d. 1984
ANSWER: g f C
In 1974, the designation “respiratory therapist” became standard.
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11. Who was the first to develop the large-scale production of O2 in 1907?
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a. Robert Dalton gf
b. David Boyle gf
c. Thomas Anderson gf
d. Karl von Linde gf gf
ANSWER: g f D
Large-scale production of O2 was developed by Karl von Linde in 1907.
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12. When was the first Venti-mask introduced that allows the precise delivery of 24%, 28%,
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35%, and 40% O2?
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a. 1945
b. 1954
c. 1960
d. 1972
ANSWER: g f C
The Campbell Venti-mask, which allowed the administration of 24%, 28%, 35%, or 40% O2,
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was introduced in 1960.
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