TEST BANK
Egan's Fundamentals of Respiratory Care
JAMES K. STOLLER, ALBERT J. HEUER, DAVID L. VINES, ROBERT
L. CHATBURN, EDUARDO MIRELES-CABODEVILA
13th Edition
,Chapter 01 - History of Respiratory Care
x
Kacmarek et al.: Egan’s Fundamentals of Respiratory Care, 13th Edition
x
MULTIPLE CHOICE
Which of the following is an expected role of a respiratory therapist?
x
Promoting lung health and wellness
Providing patient education
x
Assessing the patient’s cardiopulmonaryhealth status
x
Selling oxygen (O2) therapy devices to patients
1 only
1 and 4 only
1, 2, and 3 only
d. 1, 2, 3, and 4
ANS: C
Respiratory care includes the assessment, treatment, management, control, diagnostic
evaluatio n, education, and care of patients with deficiencies and abnormalities of the
x
cardiopulmonary sy stem. Respiratory care is increasingly involved in the prevention of
x x
respiratorydisease, theman agement ofpatients withchronicdisease, andpromotion ofhealth
x
and wellness.
DIF: Recall REF: p. 3 OBJ: 1
Where are themajority of respiratory therapists employed?
Skilled nursing facilities Diagn x
ostic laboratories
Hospitalsora cutecaresettings
Outpatient ph ysician offices
ANS: C
Approximately75% ofall respiratorytherapists work in hospitals or other acute caresettings.
x
DIF: Recall REF: p. 3 OBJ: 1
Who is considered to be the ―father of medicine‖?
x
Hippocrates Gale
n Erasistratus Ari
stotle
ANS: A
Thefoundation ofmodern Westernmedicinewaslaidinancient Greece withthedevelopment
of the Hippocratic Corpus. This collection of ancient medical writings is attributed to the
x x
―father o f medicine,‖ Hippocrates, a Greek physician who lived during the fifth and fourth
centuries BC.
DIF: Recall REF: pp. 3-4 OBJ: 2
1|Pa
,In 1662, a chemist publishedabookthat described therelationship between gas, volume, and pressur
x x
e. What was the chemist’s name?
x
SirIsaac Newton x
Robert Boyle
Anthonyvan Leeuwenhoek Nicolau
s Copernicus
ANS: B
Thechemist, Robert Boyle, published what isnow known as ―Boyle’s law,‖ governing the x
relatio nship between gas, volume, and pressure. x
DIF: Recall REF: p. 6 OBJ: 2
Who discovered O2 in 1774 and described it as ―dephlogisticated air‖?
x
Robert Boyle Jacq x
ue Charles Thoma
s Beddoes Joseph
Priestley
ANS: D
In 1774, Joseph Priestleydescribedhisdiscoveryof O2, whichhecalled ―dephlogisticated air
x
.‖
DIF: Recall REF: pp. 6-7 OBJ: 2
Who is credited with first describingthe law of partial pressures for a gas mixture?
x
John Dalton Jose x
ph Prestley
Jacqu e Charles
Thoma s Young
ANS: A
John Daltondescribed his lawofpartial pressures fora gas mixture in 1801 andhis atomic
x
theory in 1808. x
DIF: Recall REF: p. 7 OBJ: 2
Who was the first scientist in 1865 to suggest that microorganisms caused manydiseases?
x x x
Thomas Young
Louis Pasteur
Henry Graham
Robert Koch
ANS: B
In 1865, Louis Pasteur advancedhis―germ theory‖ ofdisease, whichheldthat manydiseases
x
are caused by microorganisms.
x
DIF: Recall REF: p. 7 OBJ: 2
Who discovered the x-rayand opened the door for the modern field of radiology?
x x
John Dalton x
William Smith
2|Pa
, William Roentgen
Thomas Young
ANS: C
In 1895, William Roentgendiscovered thex-
rayandthemodernfield ofradiologic imaging sciences was born.
DIF: Recall REF: p. 7 OBJ: 2
What was the primarydutyof the first inhalation therapists?
Provide airway care.
Suppo rt O2x therapy.
Aerosolthera
pytopatients.
Maintain patientsonmechanicalventilation.
x
ANS: B
Thefirstinhalation therapists were reallyjust O2 technicians.
DIF: Recall REF: p. 7 OBJ: 3
Whendidthedesignation ―respiratorytherapist‖ becomestandard?
a. 1954
b. 1964
c. 1974
d. 1984
ANS: C
In 1974, the designation ―respiratorytherapist‖ became standard.
DIF: Recall REF: p. 7 OBJ: 3
Whowas the first to develop the large-scale production of O2 in 1907?
Robert Dalton Da
vid Boyle Thomas
x
Anderson Karl vo
n Linde
ANS: D
Large-scale production of O2 wasdeveloped by Karl von Linde in 1907.
DIF: Recall REF: p. 7 OBJ: 4
Whenwasthe first Venti-
maskintroducedthat allowsthe precise deliveryof 24%, 28%, 35%,and 40% O2?
a. 1945
b. 1954
c. 1960
d. 1972
ANS: C
The Campbell Venti-
mask, which allowed the administration of 24%, 28%, 35%, or 40% O2, was introduced in 1960.
x
3|Pa
Egan's Fundamentals of Respiratory Care
JAMES K. STOLLER, ALBERT J. HEUER, DAVID L. VINES, ROBERT
L. CHATBURN, EDUARDO MIRELES-CABODEVILA
13th Edition
,Chapter 01 - History of Respiratory Care
x
Kacmarek et al.: Egan’s Fundamentals of Respiratory Care, 13th Edition
x
MULTIPLE CHOICE
Which of the following is an expected role of a respiratory therapist?
x
Promoting lung health and wellness
Providing patient education
x
Assessing the patient’s cardiopulmonaryhealth status
x
Selling oxygen (O2) therapy devices to patients
1 only
1 and 4 only
1, 2, and 3 only
d. 1, 2, 3, and 4
ANS: C
Respiratory care includes the assessment, treatment, management, control, diagnostic
evaluatio n, education, and care of patients with deficiencies and abnormalities of the
x
cardiopulmonary sy stem. Respiratory care is increasingly involved in the prevention of
x x
respiratorydisease, theman agement ofpatients withchronicdisease, andpromotion ofhealth
x
and wellness.
DIF: Recall REF: p. 3 OBJ: 1
Where are themajority of respiratory therapists employed?
Skilled nursing facilities Diagn x
ostic laboratories
Hospitalsora cutecaresettings
Outpatient ph ysician offices
ANS: C
Approximately75% ofall respiratorytherapists work in hospitals or other acute caresettings.
x
DIF: Recall REF: p. 3 OBJ: 1
Who is considered to be the ―father of medicine‖?
x
Hippocrates Gale
n Erasistratus Ari
stotle
ANS: A
Thefoundation ofmodern Westernmedicinewaslaidinancient Greece withthedevelopment
of the Hippocratic Corpus. This collection of ancient medical writings is attributed to the
x x
―father o f medicine,‖ Hippocrates, a Greek physician who lived during the fifth and fourth
centuries BC.
DIF: Recall REF: pp. 3-4 OBJ: 2
1|Pa
,In 1662, a chemist publishedabookthat described therelationship between gas, volume, and pressur
x x
e. What was the chemist’s name?
x
SirIsaac Newton x
Robert Boyle
Anthonyvan Leeuwenhoek Nicolau
s Copernicus
ANS: B
Thechemist, Robert Boyle, published what isnow known as ―Boyle’s law,‖ governing the x
relatio nship between gas, volume, and pressure. x
DIF: Recall REF: p. 6 OBJ: 2
Who discovered O2 in 1774 and described it as ―dephlogisticated air‖?
x
Robert Boyle Jacq x
ue Charles Thoma
s Beddoes Joseph
Priestley
ANS: D
In 1774, Joseph Priestleydescribedhisdiscoveryof O2, whichhecalled ―dephlogisticated air
x
.‖
DIF: Recall REF: pp. 6-7 OBJ: 2
Who is credited with first describingthe law of partial pressures for a gas mixture?
x
John Dalton Jose x
ph Prestley
Jacqu e Charles
Thoma s Young
ANS: A
John Daltondescribed his lawofpartial pressures fora gas mixture in 1801 andhis atomic
x
theory in 1808. x
DIF: Recall REF: p. 7 OBJ: 2
Who was the first scientist in 1865 to suggest that microorganisms caused manydiseases?
x x x
Thomas Young
Louis Pasteur
Henry Graham
Robert Koch
ANS: B
In 1865, Louis Pasteur advancedhis―germ theory‖ ofdisease, whichheldthat manydiseases
x
are caused by microorganisms.
x
DIF: Recall REF: p. 7 OBJ: 2
Who discovered the x-rayand opened the door for the modern field of radiology?
x x
John Dalton x
William Smith
2|Pa
, William Roentgen
Thomas Young
ANS: C
In 1895, William Roentgendiscovered thex-
rayandthemodernfield ofradiologic imaging sciences was born.
DIF: Recall REF: p. 7 OBJ: 2
What was the primarydutyof the first inhalation therapists?
Provide airway care.
Suppo rt O2x therapy.
Aerosolthera
pytopatients.
Maintain patientsonmechanicalventilation.
x
ANS: B
Thefirstinhalation therapists were reallyjust O2 technicians.
DIF: Recall REF: p. 7 OBJ: 3
Whendidthedesignation ―respiratorytherapist‖ becomestandard?
a. 1954
b. 1964
c. 1974
d. 1984
ANS: C
In 1974, the designation ―respiratorytherapist‖ became standard.
DIF: Recall REF: p. 7 OBJ: 3
Whowas the first to develop the large-scale production of O2 in 1907?
Robert Dalton Da
vid Boyle Thomas
x
Anderson Karl vo
n Linde
ANS: D
Large-scale production of O2 wasdeveloped by Karl von Linde in 1907.
DIF: Recall REF: p. 7 OBJ: 4
Whenwasthe first Venti-
maskintroducedthat allowsthe precise deliveryof 24%, 28%, 35%,and 40% O2?
a. 1945
b. 1954
c. 1960
d. 1972
ANS: C
The Campbell Venti-
mask, which allowed the administration of 24%, 28%, 35%, or 40% O2, was introduced in 1960.
x
3|Pa
