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,Chapter 01 - History of Respiratory Care
Egan’s Fundamentals of Respiratory Care, 13th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
Which of the following is an expected role of a respiratory therapist?
Promoting lung health and wellness
Providing patient education
Assessing the patient’s cardiopulmonary health status
Selling oxygen (O2) therapy devices to patients
1 only
1 and 4 only
1, 2, and 3 only
d. 1, 2, 3, and 4
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ANSWERS: C
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. 3 OBJECTIVES:- 1
Where are the majority of respiratory therapists employed?
Skilled nursing facilities
Diagnostic laboratories
Hospitals or acute care settings
Outpatient physician offices
2024 ACTUAL ANSWERS: C
Approximately 75% of all respiratory therapists work in hospitals or other acute care settings.
DIF: Recall REF: p. 3 OBJECTIVES:- 1
Who is considered to be the “father of medicine”?
Hippocrates
Galen
Erasistratus
Aristotle
2024 ACTUAL ANSWERS: 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: pp. 3-4 OBJECTIVES:- 2
In 1662, a chemist published a book that described the relationship between gas, volume, and
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, pressure. What was the chemist’s name?
Sir Isaac Newton
Robert Boyle
Anthony van Leeuwenhoek
Nicolaus Copernicus
2024 ACTUAL ANSWERS: 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. 6 OBJECTIVES:- 2
Who discovered O2 in 1774 and described it as “dephlogisticated air”?
Robert Boyle
Jacque Charles
Thomas Beddoes
Joseph Priestley
2024 ACTUAL ANSWERS: D
In 1774, Joseph Priestley described his discovery of O2, which he called “dephlogisticated
air.”
DIF: Recall REF: pp. 6-7 OBJECTIVES:- 2
Who is credited with first describing the law of partial pressures for a gas mixture?
John Dalton
Joseph Prestley
Jacque Charles
Thomas Young
2024 ACTUAL ANSWERS: 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. 7 OBJECTIVES:- 2
Who was the first scientist in 1865 to suggest that microorganisms caused many diseases?
Thomas Young
Louis Pasteur
Henry Graham
Robert Koch
2024 ACTUAL ANSWERS: B
In 1865, Louis Pasteur advanced his “germ theory” of disease, which held that many diseases
are caused by microorganisms.
DIF: Recall REF: p. 7 OBJECTIVES:- 2
Who discovered the x-ray and opened the door for the modern field of radiology?
John Dalton
William Smith
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