Test Bank for Egan’s Fundamentals of Respiratory Care, 13th Edition by Robert M. Kacmarek, James K. Stoller, and Albert J. Petty | Complete Verified Questions & Answers 2025/2026

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1. Which of the following is an expected role of a respiratory therapist?
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diagnostic evaluation, education, and care of patients with deficiencies
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and abnormalities of the cardiopulmonary system. Respiratory care is
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2. Where are the majority of respiratory therapists employed?
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3. Who is considered to be the ―father of medicine‖?
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developmentof the Hippocratic Corpus. This collection of ancient
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medical writings is attributed to the ―father of medicine,‖
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Hippocrates, a Greek physician who lived during the fifth and
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