Egan's Fundamentals of Respiratory Care 10th Edition by Robert M. Kacmarek - Test Bank
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Chapter 03: Patient Safety, Communication, and Record Keeping
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following is/are a potential area of risk to patients receiving respiratory care?
a.
movement or ambulation
b.
electrical shock
c.
fire hazards
d.
all the above
ANS: C
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,Chapter 01: History of Respiratory Care
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following is NOT an expected role of a respiratory therapist?
a. promoting lung health and wellness
b. providing patient education
c. assessing the patient’s cardiopulmonary health status
d. selling oxygen therapy devices to patients
ANS: D
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 REF: p. 4 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
About 75% of all respiratory therapists work in hospitals or other acute care settings.
DIF: Recall REF: p. 4 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 REF: p. 7 OBJ: 2
4. In 1662, a chemist published a book that described the relationship between gas, volume, and
pressure. What was the chemist’s name?
a. Sir Isaac Newton
b. Robert Boyle
c. Anthony van Leeuwenhoek
, d. Nicolaus Copernicus
ANS: B
The chemist, Robert Boyle, published what is now known as “Boyle’s law,” governing the
relationship between gas volume and pressure.
DIF: Recall REF: p. 7 OBJ: 2
5. Who discovered oxygen in 1774 and described it as “dephlogisticated air”?
a. Robert Boyle
b. Jacque Charles
c. Thomas Beddoes
d. Joseph Priestley
ANS: D
In 1774, Joseph Priestley described his discovery of oxygen, which he called
“dephlogisticated air.”
DIF: Recall REF: p. 8 OBJ: 2
6. Who is credited with first describing the law of partial pressures for a gas mixture?
a. John Dalton
b. Joseph Prestley
c. Jacque Charles
d. Thomas Young
ANS: A
John Dalton described his law of partial pressures for a gas mixture in 1801 and his atomic
theory in 1808.
DIF: Recall REF: p. 8 OBJ: 2
7. Who was the first scientist in 1865 to suggest that many diseases were caused by
microorganisms?
a. Thomas Young
b. Louis Pasteur
c. Henry Graham
d. Robert Koch
ANS: B
In 1865, Louis Pasteur advanced his “germ theory” of disease, which held that many diseases
are caused by microorganisms.
DIF: Recall REF: p. 8 OBJ: 2
8. Who discovered the x-ray and opened the door for the modern field of radiology?
a. John Dalton
b. William Smith
c. William Roentgen
d. Thomas Young
ANS: C
, In 1895, William Roentgen discovered the x-ray and the modern field of radiologic imaging
sciences was born.
DIF: Recall REF: p. 8 OBJ: 2
9. What was the primary duty of the first inhalation therapists?
a. provide airway care
b. support oxygen therapy
c. aerosol therapy to patients
d. maintain patients on mechanical ventilation
ANS: B
The first inhalation therapists were really just oxygen technicians.
DIF: Recall REF: p. 8 OBJ: 3
10. When did the designation “respiratory therapist” become standard?
a. 1954
b. 1964
c. 1974
d. 1984
ANS: C
In 1974, the designation “respiratory therapist” became standard.
DIF: Recall REF: p. 8 OBJ: 3
11. Who was the first to develop the large-scale production of oxygen in 1907?
a. Robert Dalton
b. David Boyle
c. Thomas Anderson
d. Karl von Linde
ANS: D
Large-scale production of oxygen was developed by Karl von Linde in 1907.
DIF: Recall REF: p. 9 OBJ: 4
12. When was the first Ventimask introduced that allows the precise delivery of 24%, 28%, 35%,
and 40% oxygen?
a. 1945
b. 1954
c. 1960
d. 1972
ANS: C
The Campbell Ventimask, which allowed the administration of 24%, 28%, 35%, or 40%
oxygen, was introduced in 1960.
OB J: 4
DIFF: Recall
DIF: Recall REF: p. 9 OBJ: 4
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